notional
11notional — adjective Date: 1597 1. theoretical, speculative 2. existing in the mind only ; imaginary 3. given to foolish or fanciful moods or ideas 4. a. of, relating to, or being a notion or idea ; conceptual b. (1) …
12notional — adjective a) Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary. This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture. b) Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research …
13notional — no|tion|al [ˈnəuʃənəl US ˈnou ] adj [usually before noun] existing only as an idea or plan, and not existing in reality ▪ Their calculations were based on a notional minimum wage …
14notional — adjective existing only in the mind as an idea or plan, and not existing in reality: Their calculations were based on a notional minimum wage …
15notional — adjective the notional line between East and West Syn: hypothetical, theoretical, speculative, conjectural, suppositional, putative, conceptual; imaginary, fanciful, unreal, illusory Ant: actual …
16notional — no•tion•al [[t]ˈnoʊ ʃə nl[/t]] adj. 1) pertaining to, expressing, or of the nature of a notion or idea 2) abstract, theoretical, or speculative 3) not real; imaginary 4) given to or full of foolish or fanciful ideas or moods 5) ling. gram. a)… …
17notional — /ˈnoʊʃənəl / (say nohshuhnuhl) adjective 1. relating to or expressing a notion or idea. 2. of the nature of a notion. 3. abstract or speculative, as reflective thought. 4. ideal or imaginary; not real. 5. anticipated: a notional profit. 6.… …
18notional — adj. 1 a hypothetical, imaginary. b (of knowledge etc.) speculative; not based on experiment etc. 2 Gram. (of a verb) conveying its own meaning, not auxiliary. Derivatives: notionally adv. Etymology: obs. F notional or med.L notionalis (as… …
19notional amount — USA The amount on which the payments of the parties to a derivatives contract are based, usually used in the context of swaps, such as currency swaps and interest rate swaps. The amount is notional because there is no actual exchange of principal …
20Notional profit — A contract usually takes several years to get itself completed. If the profit on such contracts is recorded only after their completion, then wide fluctuations may be noted in the profit figures of contractors from year to year. To avoid these… …
