notional amount

notional amount
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.

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  • notional — no‧tion‧al [ˈnəʊʆnəl ǁ ˈnoʊ ] adjective a notional amount, price, rent etc is not real but is guessed at or used as an example: • an amount which had been based on the notional values of the homes which they occupied * * * notional UK US… …   Financial and business terms

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  • notional principal balance — See notional amount …   Financial and business terms

  • Notional Principal Amount — In an interest rate swap, the predetermined dollar amount on which the exchanged interest payments are based. Each period s rates are multiplied by the notional principal amount to determine the value of each counterparty s payment …   Investment dictionary

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