Associations to the word «Notional»

Wiktionary

NOTIONAL, adjective. Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
NOTIONAL, adjective. Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
NOTIONAL, adjective. (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
NOTIONAL, adjective. (finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
NOTIONAL AMOUNT, noun. (finance) A nominal amount of a financial instrument that is used to calculate payments made on that instrument, especially for instruments that do not have a well-defined face value or par value.

Dictionary definition

NOTIONAL, adjective. Not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself".
NOTIONAL, adjective. Not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge".
NOTIONAL, adjective. Indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood".
NOTIONAL, adjective. Being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King