| 单词 | nominal |
| 释义 | nominal (nɒmɪnəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use nominal to indicate that someone or something is supposed to have a particular identity or status, but in reality does not have it. As he was still not allowed to run a company, his partner became its nominal head. I was brought up a nominal Christian. Synonyms: titular, formal, purported, in name only nominally adverb [oft ADV before v] The Sultan was still nominally the Chief of Staff. ...South Africa's nominally independent homeland of Transkei. Nominally she is the king's prisoner. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A nominal price or sum of money is very small in comparison with the real cost or value of the thing that is being bought or sold. I am prepared to sell my shares at a nominal price. All the ferries carry bicycles free or for a nominal charge. Synonyms: token, small, symbolic, minimal 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In economics, the nominal value, rate, or level of something is the one expressed in terms of current prices or figures, without taking into account general changes in prices that take place over time. Inflation would be lower and so nominal rates would be rather more attractive in real terms. In 1990 personal incomes grew a nominal 6.8 per cent. Collocations: nominal amount The pension could pay a nominal amount, of say 10 a year, allowing the rest of your funds to accumulate. Times, Sunday Times Return parking to the railway and make it free, or a nominal amount to cover costs and free at weekends as it usually used to be. Times, Sunday Times The rent under the existing lease will drop to a nominal amount, but the other lease terms will remain the same. Times, Sunday Times Having decided he had won his case, the judge had to award some damages — but this could have been a nominal amount. The Sun On top of this, the company allowed the diplomat and his associates to acquire a 10 per cent stake in the business for a nominal amount. Times, Sunday Times The result was that the market value of assets worldwide had been rising faster than the nominal growth in national incomes. Times, Sunday Times In the meantime, the choice of credibility condemns nominal growth potential to remain sluggish at best. Times, Sunday Times In the long term, interest rates should track growth, but state intervention in the form of capital controls meant that nominal growth was higher than nominal interest rates. Times,Sunday Times Fuelling those concerns, the official measure of nominal growth in the third quarter fell to a 16-year low of 6.2 per cent, once inflation effects were stripped out. Times, Sunday Times It may prove difficult to communicate - and indeed evaluate - monetary policy with a nominal growth target. Times, Sunday Times By fixing the short-run nominal rate, the central bank can, given stickiness in prices over the short run, shift the short real interest rate. Times, Sunday Times Unusually, the nominal rate was below the real rate because the statistics office decided that the economy was in deflation. Times, Sunday Times That sum would produce $3,000 of monthly income before taxes, assuming, again, a 6-per-cent nominal rate of return. Globe and Mail The company has fixed the interest for 90 per cent of its 4.9 billion debt, at an average nominal rate of 5 to 5.5 per cent. Times, Sunday Times The feed system was linkless, via a helical drum, with a nominal rate of fire of 6,000 rpm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Telly bosses said it was a nominal sum that came from its budget, not the charity's purse. The Sun My mortgage was paid off 12 years ago, all bar a nominal sum, so that the deeds remained with the bank under its deeds-store scheme. Times, Sunday Times The hundreds of objects are worth far more than the nominal sum paid. Times, Sunday Times They have paid a nominal sum, believed to be as little as 1, but waived the right to reclaim payments totalling $10 million. Times, Sunday Times It pegged a claim to an abandoned, unexploited field, bought for a nominal sum on the chance of finding diamonds there. Times, Sunday Times That's almost the same, however, as the increase over the same period in nominal terms. Times, Sunday Times In nominal terms, valuations will bounce back by 2017, with the market remaining 'relatively flat' over the next two years, it projected. Times, Sunday Times Debtors were unable to service their debts, which remained constant in nominal terms while incomes slumped. Times, Sunday Times At least in nominal terms, wages have done considerably better than corporate profits over the past four years. Times, Sunday Times With the economy growing at nearly 15 per cent in nominal terms, money remains mouth-wateringly cheap. Times, Sunday Times Second, workers are not in the main feeling better off because nominal wage increases have been weak ever since the crisis. Times, Sunday Times Forecasters expect nominal wage increases - pay rises in cash terms -of about 2.5% this year. Times, Sunday Times Real wages also fell in 1994: average nominal wage increases of 65 percent were about 20 percent below the rate of consumer price inflation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Second, nominal wage cuts would be difficult to put into effect because of laws and wage contracts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The same idea can apply to nominal wages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 象征性的价格、金额 Japanese: 名ばかりの |
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