nominal
adjective
uk/ˈnɒmɪnəl/ usvery small, or smaller than the usual amount:
The hotel developers will lease the land for a nominal fee .
We pay our volunteers a nominal amount.
The costs incurred to activate the new service would be nominal.
used to describe something that is said to be a particular thing, but is not actually that thing:
Although he has retired, the company is still under his nominal control.
He regarded this responsibility as purely nominal.
ECONOMICS
a nominal amount relates to prices or rates that are correct at the present time but do not show the effect of inflation:
Merchandise imports have expanded significantly faster than world trade in both real and nominal dollar values.