nominal value

noun

1. book or par value, as of securities; face value.

nominal value

noun

1. another name for par value

Word History and Origins

Origin of nominal value¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Ultimately, if the Canadians are correct, we clearly tend to find importance in not just the nominal value of money.

From The Daily Beast

They were withdrawn by the Directory from the currency, and at length redeemed by mandats at one-thirtieth of their nominal value.

From Project Gutenberg

One seizure by General Hoche was declared by him to exceed in nominal value ten thousand millions of francs.

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With silver, the nominal value is 1.2929 dollars per ounce, but frequently in assay reports it is taken as one dollar.

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Even as low as $150 to $200 per chest became its nominal value in the Straits.

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The immediate reduction of the nominal value of the shares and bank-notes was the only resource.

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