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

The Eurobonds would be bought at a price equivalent to 100% of their nominal value, it said.

From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2022

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

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2022

The ruling probably means that the Tribunal has lost its nominal value.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2016

A general storm broke loose against the new money; it sank even in daily traffic to a tenth of its nominal value.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav