1.relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name;
the Russian system of nominal brevity
2.insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal);
the fee was nominal
3.pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun;
nominal 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