Definition of notional in English:

notional

adjective ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n(ə)lˈnoʊʃ(ə)n(ə)l

1Existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality.
notional budgets for hospital and community health services
医院和社区保健机构的假设预算。
Example sentencesExamples
- Each report that the cost of construction was set to rise has been denied, only for officials to later sheepishly admit that the building was indeed running over budget and beyond the notional deadline for completion.
- Multiplying income by a notional 300% more than explained this organisation's good health.
- In other words, it's a notional drop in a figure as yet untested by elections.
- ‘Ten’, the commentators explain, is a notional figure connoting many.
- All Italian property owners are liable to pay income tax based on the notional letting value of the property.
- Again the general public or pension funds footed the bill for this notional loss of income without any proper explanation.
- In a formal sense, of course, the theory refers to some notional riskless rate.
- ‘Rates are a fixed charge, incurred annually, that are based on notional property values and bear no relationship to the size or scale of the business or its ability to pay,’ said Mr Bourke.
- Hence, one creates these surchargeable contributions, which are a notional figure, based on what it would have been.
- KAC cannot claim both damages for loss of income from its aircraft and damages based on a notional leasing out of its spares.
- The total notional amount of positions held by the commercial banks increased $1.7 trillion to $39.3 trillion.
- That $10 is the notional earnings base because that is the only ordinary time earnings on my learned friend's argument that is included in the notional earnings base.
- Where an investor purchases Spanish property, for example, and does not generate rental income from it, the tax authorities will deem the investor to have received a taxable notional rent.
- The public sector Scottish valuation board placed a rateable value of £10,800 on the entire property - the notional sum it estimates as a property's open market value.
- By the end of 1942 Ninth and Tenth Armies on which this deception was based were almost wholly notional - their real strength hardly amounted to a single fighting division - but they impressed the enemy high command as real.
- While there are notional tonnage limits on some Irish roads, they are scarcely policed at all: there is nothing like the French scheme of things, where a vehicle may be confiscated if used in restricted tonnage areas.
- Excluding this now notional interest charge, the total loss for the year was £1.75 million, the equivalent of £35,000 per week.
- Now, the security for all of these notional values on financial derivatives, is not based on real assets.
- In all other instances, the notional pay used in calculating the employee's PAYE and PRSI liability must be the best estimate that can reasonably be made by the employer at the time the benefit is provided.
- Although he dismissed the suggestion that she had a notional earning capacity he put her annual budget, excluding periodical payments for the children, at £65,000 per annum.
Synonyms
not practical, conceptual, abstract, pure
hypothetical, theoretical, speculative, conjectural, suppositional, putative, conceptual, abstract
2Linguistics
Denoting or relating to an approach to grammar which is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g. ‘a verb is a doing word’) as opposed to identification of structures and processes.
〔语言学〕表意的，实义的
Example sentencesExamples
- The notional definition of a noun does not cover such words as action, existence, happiness, temperature that belong to the noun form class on formal criteria.
3(in language teaching) denoting or relating to a syllabus that aims to develop communicative competence.
（语言教学中的课程设置）旨在培养交际能力的

Derivatives

notionally

adverb ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n(ə)liˈnoʊʃ(ə)nəli

This haunting work, though notionally concerned with attempts at intrusive human settlement on Mars, is pervaded by a sense of solitude and loss, particularly with regard to the fragile and doomed Martians.
Example sentencesExamples
- To the modern eye, it looks like a fairy-tale notionally transferred to a modern setting, based on a simple narrative system of dualities: good and bad, country and city, sweet blonde wife and wicked brunette mistress.
- It is essential here to emphasise that commissions are not simply paid by product providers to those giving advice; notionally, they are funded out of the product the customer is saving into or paying for.
- We were led to believe that these difficult bits of gear were prescribed because - even though we were about to join an armoured division - ours was notionally a mounted unit.
- Some Labor figures dismiss this poll, questioning its methodology, and especially doubting if the preferences would fall the way Newspoll has notionally distributed them.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin notionalis 'relating to an idea', from notio(n-) 'idea' (see notion).

Rhymes

devotional, emotional, promotional

Definition of notional in US English:

notional

adjectiveˈnōSH(ə)n(ə)lˈnoʊʃ(ə)n(ə)l

1Existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea.
理论上的；假设的；设想的
notional budgets for hospital and community health services
医院和社区保健机构的假设预算。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, the security for all of these notional values on financial derivatives, is not based on real assets.
- While there are notional tonnage limits on some Irish roads, they are scarcely policed at all: there is nothing like the French scheme of things, where a vehicle may be confiscated if used in restricted tonnage areas.
- Again the general public or pension funds footed the bill for this notional loss of income without any proper explanation.
- Where an investor purchases Spanish property, for example, and does not generate rental income from it, the tax authorities will deem the investor to have received a taxable notional rent.
- In other words, it's a notional drop in a figure as yet untested by elections.
- Excluding this now notional interest charge, the total loss for the year was £1.75 million, the equivalent of £35,000 per week.
- By the end of 1942 Ninth and Tenth Armies on which this deception was based were almost wholly notional - their real strength hardly amounted to a single fighting division - but they impressed the enemy high command as real.
- In all other instances, the notional pay used in calculating the employee's PAYE and PRSI liability must be the best estimate that can reasonably be made by the employer at the time the benefit is provided.
- That $10 is the notional earnings base because that is the only ordinary time earnings on my learned friend's argument that is included in the notional earnings base.
- Each report that the cost of construction was set to rise has been denied, only for officials to later sheepishly admit that the building was indeed running over budget and beyond the notional deadline for completion.
- Although he dismissed the suggestion that she had a notional earning capacity he put her annual budget, excluding periodical payments for the children, at £65,000 per annum.
- ‘Ten’, the commentators explain, is a notional figure connoting many.
- ‘Rates are a fixed charge, incurred annually, that are based on notional property values and bear no relationship to the size or scale of the business or its ability to pay,’ said Mr Bourke.
- The total notional amount of positions held by the commercial banks increased $1.7 trillion to $39.3 trillion.
- Hence, one creates these surchargeable contributions, which are a notional figure, based on what it would have been.
- In a formal sense, of course, the theory refers to some notional riskless rate.
- KAC cannot claim both damages for loss of income from its aircraft and damages based on a notional leasing out of its spares.
- The public sector Scottish valuation board placed a rateable value of £10,800 on the entire property - the notional sum it estimates as a property's open market value.
- All Italian property owners are liable to pay income tax based on the notional letting value of the property.
- Multiplying income by a notional 300% more than explained this organisation's good health.
Synonyms
not practical, conceptual, abstract, pure
hypothetical, theoretical, speculative, conjectural, suppositional, putative, conceptual, abstract
1. 1.1 Existing only in the imagination.
  想象的，空想的
  Lizzie seemed to vanish into thin air, as if her presence were merely notional
  莉齐似乎消失得全无踪影了，好像她的存在只是想象出来的。
2Linguistics
Denoting or relating to an approach to grammar that is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g., “a verb is an action word”) as opposed to identification of structures and processes.
〔语言学〕表意的，实义的
Example sentencesExamples
- The notional definition of a noun does not cover such words as action, existence, happiness, temperature that belong to the noun form class on formal criteria.
3(in language teaching) denoting or relating to a syllabus that aims to develop communicative competence.
（语言教学中的课程设置）旨在培养交际能力的

Origin

Late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin notionalis ‘relating to an idea’, from notio(n-) ‘idea’ (see notion).

单词	notional
释义	Definition of notional in English: notional adjective ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n(ə)lˈnoʊʃ(ə)n(ə)l 1Existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality. notional budgets for hospital and community health services 医院和社区保健机构的假设预算。 Example sentencesExamples Each report that the cost of construction was set to rise has been denied, only for officials to later sheepishly admit that the building was indeed running over budget and beyond the notional deadline for completion. Multiplying income by a notional 300% more than explained this organisation's good health. In other words, it's a notional drop in a figure as yet untested by elections. ‘Ten’, the commentators explain, is a notional figure connoting many. All Italian property owners are liable to pay income tax based on the notional letting value of the property. Again the general public or pension funds footed the bill for this notional loss of income without any proper explanation. In a formal sense, of course, the theory refers to some notional riskless rate. ‘Rates are a fixed charge, incurred annually, that are based on notional property values and bear no relationship to the size or scale of the business or its ability to pay,’ said Mr Bourke. Hence, one creates these surchargeable contributions, which are a notional figure, based on what it would have been. KAC cannot claim both damages for loss of income from its aircraft and damages based on a notional leasing out of its spares. The total notional amount of positions held by the commercial banks increased $1.7 trillion to $39.3 trillion. That $10 is the notional earnings base because that is the only ordinary time earnings on my learned friend's argument that is included in the notional earnings base. Where an investor purchases Spanish property, for example, and does not generate rental income from it, the tax authorities will deem the investor to have received a taxable notional rent. The public sector Scottish valuation board placed a rateable value of £10,800 on the entire property - the notional sum it estimates as a property's open market value. By the end of 1942 Ninth and Tenth Armies on which this deception was based were almost wholly notional - their real strength hardly amounted to a single fighting division - but they impressed the enemy high command as real. While there are notional tonnage limits on some Irish roads, they are scarcely policed at all: there is nothing like the French scheme of things, where a vehicle may be confiscated if used in restricted tonnage areas. Excluding this now notional interest charge, the total loss for the year was £1.75 million, the equivalent of £35,000 per week. Now, the security for all of these notional values on financial derivatives, is not based on real assets. In all other instances, the notional pay used in calculating the employee's PAYE and PRSI liability must be the best estimate that can reasonably be made by the employer at the time the benefit is provided. Although he dismissed the suggestion that she had a notional earning capacity he put her annual budget, excluding periodical payments for the children, at £65,000 per annum. Synonyms not practical, conceptual, abstract, pure hypothetical, theoretical, speculative, conjectural, suppositional, putative, conceptual, abstract 2Linguistics Denoting or relating to an approach to grammar which is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g. ‘a verb is a doing word’) as opposed to identification of structures and processes. 〔语言学〕表意的，实义的 Example sentencesExamples The notional definition of a noun does not cover such words as action, existence, happiness, temperature that belong to the noun form class on formal criteria. 3(in language teaching) denoting or relating to a syllabus that aims to develop communicative competence. （语言教学中的课程设置）旨在培养交际能力的 Derivatives notionally adverb ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n(ə)liˈnoʊʃ(ə)nəli This haunting work, though notionally concerned with attempts at intrusive human settlement on Mars, is pervaded by a sense of solitude and loss, particularly with regard to the fragile and doomed Martians. Example sentencesExamples To the modern eye, it looks like a fairy-tale notionally transferred to a modern setting, based on a simple narrative system of dualities: good and bad, country and city, sweet blonde wife and wicked brunette mistress. It is essential here to emphasise that commissions are not simply paid by product providers to those giving advice; notionally, they are funded out of the product the customer is saving into or paying for. We were led to believe that these difficult bits of gear were prescribed because - even though we were about to join an armoured division - ours was notionally a mounted unit. Some Labor figures dismiss this poll, questioning its methodology, and especially doubting if the preferences would fall the way Newspoll has notionally distributed them. Origin Late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin notionalis 'relating to an idea', from notio(n-) 'idea' (see notion). Rhymes devotional, emotional, promotional Definition of notional in US English: notional adjectiveˈnōSH(ə)n(ə)lˈnoʊʃ(ə)n(ə)l 1Existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea. 理论上的；假设的；设想的 notional budgets for hospital and community health services 医院和社区保健机构的假设预算。 Example sentencesExamples Now, the security for all of these notional values on financial derivatives, is not based on real assets. While there are notional tonnage limits on some Irish roads, they are scarcely policed at all: there is nothing like the French scheme of things, where a vehicle may be confiscated if used in restricted tonnage areas. Again the general public or pension funds footed the bill for this notional loss of income without any proper explanation. Where an investor purchases Spanish property, for example, and does not generate rental income from it, the tax authorities will deem the investor to have received a taxable notional rent. In other words, it's a notional drop in a figure as yet untested by elections. Excluding this now notional interest charge, the total loss for the year was £1.75 million, the equivalent of £35,000 per week. By the end of 1942 Ninth and Tenth Armies on which this deception was based were almost wholly notional - their real strength hardly amounted to a single fighting division - but they impressed the enemy high command as real. In all other instances, the notional pay used in calculating the employee's PAYE and PRSI liability must be the best estimate that can reasonably be made by the employer at the time the benefit is provided. That $10 is the notional earnings base because that is the only ordinary time earnings on my learned friend's argument that is included in the notional earnings base. Each report that the cost of construction was set to rise has been denied, only for officials to later sheepishly admit that the building was indeed running over budget and beyond the notional deadline for completion. Although he dismissed the suggestion that she had a notional earning capacity he put her annual budget, excluding periodical payments for the children, at £65,000 per annum. ‘Ten’, the commentators explain, is a notional figure connoting many. ‘Rates are a fixed charge, incurred annually, that are based on notional property values and bear no relationship to the size or scale of the business or its ability to pay,’ said Mr Bourke. The total notional amount of positions held by the commercial banks increased $1.7 trillion to $39.3 trillion. Hence, one creates these surchargeable contributions, which are a notional figure, based on what it would have been. In a formal sense, of course, the theory refers to some notional riskless rate. KAC cannot claim both damages for loss of income from its aircraft and damages based on a notional leasing out of its spares. The public sector Scottish valuation board placed a rateable value of £10,800 on the entire property - the notional sum it estimates as a property's open market value. All Italian property owners are liable to pay income tax based on the notional letting value of the property. Multiplying income by a notional 300% more than explained this organisation's good health. Synonyms not practical, conceptual, abstract, pure hypothetical, theoretical, speculative, conjectural, suppositional, putative, conceptual, abstract 1.1 Existing only in the imagination. 想象的，空想的 Lizzie seemed to vanish into thin air, as if her presence were merely notional 莉齐似乎消失得全无踪影了，好像她的存在只是想象出来的。 2Linguistics Denoting or relating to an approach to grammar that is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g., “a verb is an action word”) as opposed to identification of structures and processes. 〔语言学〕表意的，实义的 Example sentencesExamples The notional definition of a noun does not cover such words as action, existence, happiness, temperature that belong to the noun form class on formal criteria. 3(in language teaching) denoting or relating to a syllabus that aims to develop communicative competence. （语言教学中的课程设置）旨在培养交际能力的 Origin Late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin notionalis ‘relating to an idea’, from notio(n-) ‘idea’ (see notion).
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