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nominal quote
nominal rate
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nominalize
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nominalize

nom·i·nal·ize [ nómmən'l z ] (past and past participle nom·i·nal·ized, present participle nom·i·nal·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular nom·i·nal·iz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. form noun from word: to change a part of speech into a noun by the addition of a suffix

2. form noun group from clause: to change an underlying clause in a sentence by a syntactic process or series of rules so that it functions like a noun


nom·i·nal·i·za·tion [ nòmmən'li záysh'n ] noun
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