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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.