n. a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

adj. named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"

adj. insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a toknenish gesture"

adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation; "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest rates"

adj. pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"

adj. 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"