nominal
adj.adj. describing something that is very small or exists in name only. You use this when the official value or name of something is different from its real importance or cost.
adj. existing in name or form only rather than in reality; relating to a value that has not been adjusted for factors like inflation or taxes.
They charged a nominal fee of one dollar for the service.
Although he was the nominal head of the committee, his assistant made all the actual decisions.
Economists often distinguish between nominal wages and real wages to account for the eroding effect of inflation on a worker's actual purchasing power over time.
PIE word *h₁nómn̥ From the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), from nōmen (“name”).
Often used to modify nouns like 'fee', 'sum', 'head', or 'value'. In technical contexts, it is frequently contrasted with 'real' or 'effective'.