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comparative more notional, superlative most notional
Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary. examples
Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research. examples
(linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category. examples
(finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount quotations examples
Gold traded at $909.00 an ounce, up 0.2 percent from New York's notional close of $906.65 on Wednesday.
2009 March 11, “Gold inches up on bargain hunt, ETF hits record”, in Ninemsn
Under the agreements, Harvard paid the banks fixed interest rates on a total notional amount of $3.52 billion in exchange for floating-rate payments from them.
2009 March 3, “Harvard Accepts Higher Debt Costs as Bankers Profit”, in Bloomberg
(informal) Full of ideas or imaginings. quotations examples
She knew what Pete would say if she told him about it — he would say she was getting notional; and she did not want Pete to think of her as a notional woman. Notional women sometimes had a hard time marrying unless they had money.
1995, Walter D. Edmonds, In the Hands of the Senecas, page 137
plural notionals
A fake company used as a front in espionage. quotations examples
Numerous CIA notionals, created to counter Communist organizations in Western Europe during the Cold War years, remain active and unrevealed.
2012, Joseph C. Goulden, Peter Earnest, The Dictionary of Espionage: Spyspeak Into English, page 157