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

Beijing's nominal FX reserves have risen this year, even as the nominal value of Beijing's holdings of U.S.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

Each one-year bond has a nominal value of 1,000 Ukrainian hryvnia and offered an 11% interest rate.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2022

Humans, focused on nominal value, generally do not, and so lenders suffer as inflation erodes promised receipts.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2016

The troops were paid in paper money at its nominal value.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington