nominal value
Example Sentences
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Deflation meant that a stock that retained its nominal value was actually rising in value.
From Barron's ● Apr. 19, 2026
Humans, focused on nominal value, generally do not, and so lenders suffer as inflation erodes promised receipts.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2016
This way, governments might be able to avoid a reduction to the nominal value of the debt, known as a haircut, the document adds.”
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2015
That is to reduce the interest rate on its debts to the eurozone and extend the repayment period without actually cutting the nominal value of the debt to be repaid.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2015
It goes by weight, rather than by tale, and if light-weight, it counts for less than its nominal value.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
