insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a tokenish gesture"

(adjective) being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power; "nominal or face value"

(adjective) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"

(adjective) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"