From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammarnominalnom‧i‧nal /ˈnɒmɪnəl $ ˈnɑː-/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる adjective1 →nominal sum/charge/fee etc2NAME OF A THINGofficially described as being something, when this is not really truethe nominal head of the rebellionTheir conversion to Christianity was only nominal.3 →nominal value/rate/income etc4technicalSLGrelating to nouns or used as a nounthe nominal use of the present participleExamples from the Corpusnominal• Tickets for the concert are a nominal 3ドル for students.• Consequently, a nominal 60-year loan would in practice be made up of many short-, medium-, and long-term loans.• The daughter had all the brains and did all the accounts -- the son was just the nominalboss of the business.• It started in Fat Harry's, long after the nominal closing time, across a tablelittered with emptyglasses.• A nominaldiameter may also be derived from the volume of the pebble.• Oil prices in nominaldollarterms are expected to stayflat, at best, between now and the year 2000.• We are allowed to use the tennis courts for a nominalfee.• On paper we have a nominalfund of 2ドル.3m covering our 8000 patients.• It's fairly clear that he is only the nominal head of the local party -- in fact he's got no authority at all.• The Zener voltage should be chosen so that it is approximately 1V less than the nominal on-load battery voltage.• Soon you and I are going to be nominalproprietors of a rather sophisticatedinstallation.• The meanunderwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominalvalue.nominal head• For these reasons, if none other, the LordChancellor, is more than a nominal head of the judiciary.• Nevertheless other generals - Sanjurjo, the nominal head of the rebellion.From Longman Business Dictionarynominalnom‧i‧nal /ˈnɒmənəlˈnɑː-/ adjective1nominal head/leader etc someone who has the title of head, leader etc but does not have the normalresponsibilities, powers etc of that jobAlthough he remained the nominal head of the campaign, his deputy took over responsibility for it.2a nominalsum of money is very small, compared to the usual amount that would be paid or charged for somethingHe charges a nominal amount for his software, enough to cover expenses.3ACCOUNTING a nominal figure, level etc is not the real one because something such as inflation has not been taken into accountWhile the Fed can peg the nominal federal funds rate, it cannot control the real rate (i.e. the nominal rate minus the rate of inflation).Originnominal(1400-1500)Latinnominalis, from nomen"name"