Adjective
1. relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name;
"the Russian system of nominal brevity""a nominal lists of priests""taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"2. insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal);
"the fee was nominal""a token gesture of resistance""a tokenish gesture"3. pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun;
"nominal phrase""noun phrase"4. being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power;
"nominal or face value"5. named; bearing the name of a specific person;
"nominative shares of stock"6. being such in name only;
"the nominal (or titular) head of his party"