Main entry: nominal, nominal phrase, noun phrase
Definition: a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Definition: existing in name only
Usage: the nominal (or titular) head of his party
Main entry: nominal, nominative
Definition: named; bearing the name of a specific person
Usage: nominative shares of stock
Main entry: nominal, token, tokenish
Definition: insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)
Usage: the fee was nominal; a token gesture of resistance; a toknenish gesture
Main entry: nominal
Definition: of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
Usage: the nominal GDP; nominal interest rates
Main entry: nominal
Definition: pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
Usage: nominal phrase; noun phrase
Main entry: nominal
Definition: relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
Usage: the Russian system of nominal brevity; a nominal lists of priests; taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls