notional

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notion +‎ -al

notional (comparative more notional, superlative most notional)

Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.

This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
(linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
(finance) Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount
- 2009 11-March, “Gold inches up on bargain hunt, ETF hits record”, Ninemsn:
  
  Gold traded at $909.00 an ounce, up 0.2 percent from New York's notional close of $906.65 on Wednesday.
- 2009‎ Mar 3, “Harvard Accepts Higher Debt Costs as Bankers Profit”, Bloomberg:
  
  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.

of, containing, or being a notion

speculative, theoretical

linguistics: having descriptive value

finance: estimated or reference