ˈnɒm.ɪnl̩ ˈnɑm.ɪnl̩ ˈnɒm.ɪnl̩ ˈnɑm.ɪnl̩ ˈnɒmɪnətɪv ˈtɪtjʊlə ˈtɪtʃəlɚ ˈtəʊkən ˈtoʊkən existing in name only the nominal (or titular) head of his party named; bearing the name of a specific person nominative shares of stock insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal) the fee was nominal a token gesture of resistance a tokenish gesture of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation the nominal GDP nominal interest rates pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun nominal phrase relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name the Russian system of nominal brevity a nominal list of priests taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb