nominal value

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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

"Ford shares will be transferred to the Joint Venture for a nominal value," the company said, adding that it retains the option to buy them back within a 5-year period "should the global situation change".

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 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

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

From 1842-49 more than 85 1⁄4 millions of florins in nominal value were called in and were recoined in new silver pieces.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur