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1. The quantity of silver, however, contained in that nominal sum was, during the course of this period, continually diminishing in consequence of some alterations which were made in the coin
2. But the increase of the value of silver had, it seems, so far compensated the diminution of the quantity of it contained in the same nominal sum, that the legislature did not think it worth while to attend to this circumstance
3. Six shillings and eightpence, therefore, containing about the same quantity of silver as thirteen shillings and fourpence of our present money (one-third part less than the same nominal sum contained in the time of Edward III), had, in those times, been considered as what is called the moderate and reasonable price of wheat
4. In 1554, by the 1st and 2nd of Philip and Mary, and in 1558, by the 1st of Elizabeth, the exportation of wheat was in the same manner prohibited, whenever the price of the quarter should exceed six shillings and eightpence, which did not then contain two penny worth more silver than the same nominal sum does at present
5. In 1562, therefore, by the 5th of Elizabeth, the exportation of wheat was allowed from certain ports, whenever the price of the quarter should not exceed ten shillings, containing nearly the same quantity of silver as the like nominal sum does at present
6. But in 1562, the year at which he ends with it, it contained no more than the same nominal sum does at present
7. Silver sunk in its real value, or would exchange for a smaller quantity of labour than before; and corn rose in its nominal price, and, instead of being commonly sold for about two ounces of silver the quarter, or about ten shillings of our present money, came to be sold for six and eight ounces of silver the quarter, or about thirty and forty shillings of our present money
8. There was a third event which occurred in the course of the same period, and which, though it could not occasion any scarcity of corn, nor, perhaps, any augmentation in the real quantity of silver which was usually paid for it, must necessarily have occasioned some augmetation in the nominal sum
9. But the nominal sum which constitutes the market price of every commodity is necessarily regulated, not so much by the quantity of silver, which, according to the standard, ought to be contained in it, as by that which, it is found by experience, actually is contained in it
10. This nominal sum, therefore, is necessarily higher when the coin is much debased by clipping and wearing, than when near to its standard value
11. Through the greater part of Europe, too, the expense of land-carriage increases very much both the real and nominal price of most manufactures
12. In China and Indostan, the extent and variety of inland navigations save the greater part of this labour, and consequently of this money, and thereby reduce still lower both the real and the nominal price of the greater part of their manufactures
13. Gold rose in its nominal value, or in the quantity of silver which was given for it
14. It is not their nominal price only, but their real price, which rises in the progress of improvement
15. The rise of their nominal price is the effect, not of any degradation of the value of silver, but of the rise in their real price
16. Their real price, the quantity of labour and subsistence which was given away for them, was about one-third more than their nominal price is apt to express to us in the present times
17. This rise, too, in the nominal or money price of all those different sorts of rude produce, has been the effect, not of any degradation in the value of silver, but of a rise in their real price
18. This degradation, both in the real and nominal value of wool, could never have happened in consequence of the natural course of things
19. Its nominal price was a good deal lower than at present
20. Through its nominal price, therefore, is higher in the present than it was in those ancient times, its real price, the real quantity of subsistence which it will purchase or command, is rather somewhat lower
21. Its nominal value, the quantity of gold and silver by which this annual produce could be expressed or represented, would, no doubt, be very different ; but its real value, the real quantity of labour which it could purchase or command, would be precisely the same
22. above the same nominal sum of the gold and silver currency of the country
23. The nominal value of all sorts of goods would be greater, but their real value would be precisely the same as before
24. What is called bank money, is always of more value than the same nominal sum of common currency
25. It is not the real, but the nominal price of corn, which can in any considerable degree be affected by the bounty
26. The loss which Spain and Portugal could sustain by this exportation of their gold and silver, would be altogether nominal and imaginary
27. The nominal value of their goods, and of the annual produce of their land and labour, would fall, and would be expressed or represented by a smaller quantity of silver than before; but their real value would be the same as before, and would be sufficient to maintain, command, and employ the same quantity of labour
28. The bounty, as it raises in the home market, not so much the real, as the nominal price of our corn; as it augments, not the quantity of labour which a certain quantity of corn can maintain and employ, but only the quantity of silver which it will exchange for ; it discourages our manufactures, without rendering any considerable service, either to our farmers or country gentlemen
29. But if this money sinks in its value, in the quantity of labour, provisions, and home-made commodities of all different kinds which it is capable of purchasing, as much as it rises in its quantity, the service will be little more than nominal and imaginary
30. When, either by the monopoly of the home market, or by a bounty upon exportation, you enable our woollen or linen manufacturers to sell their goods for somewhat a better price than they otherwise could get for them, you raise, not only the nominal, but the real price of those goods; you render them equivalent to a greater quantity of labour and subsistence; you increase not only the nominal, but the real profit, the real wealth and revenue of those manufacturers ; and you enable them, either to live better themselves, or to employ a greater quantity of labour in those particular manufactures
31. But when, by the like institutions, you raise the nominal or money price of corn, you do not raise its real value ; you do not increase the real wealth, the real revenue, either of our farmers or country gentlemen ; you do not encourage the growth of corn, because you do not enable them to maintain and employ more labourers in raising it
32. Some of the foregoing reasonings and observations might, perhaps, have been more properly placed in those chapters of the first book which treat of the origin and use of money, and of the difference between the real and the nominal price of commodities
33. It is necessary to take into account that at production conditions, sand and crushed stone (gravel) have some humidity unlike laboratory (nominal) compositions of concrete, which define for dry initial materials
34. nominal, or as a “friendly” bet
35. Perhaps that was part of the ―glamour‖ that attracted the working classes who were able to ―connect‖, in some manner, with hungry boxers fighting for nominal purses; average Joes that they could otherwise relate to
36. The de-emphasizing of Christ‘s Divinity by nominal ―Christians,‖ (Protestants and sadly, Catholics alike), stressing His good works and moral teachings (only); that is to say, His ―Humanism‖ in contrast with His Divinity, is troubling to traditional believers who correctly understand that without the Resurrection, the redemption of sin occasioned by His own self-sacrifice is meaningless
37. Christ‘s principled teachings are oftentimes questioned by Secularists, Atheists and (nominal) ―Christians‖ alike who routinely disclaim their authenticity by either challenging scriptural interpretations or biblical precedence(s) mentioned in His teachings; that is to say, questioning whether or not Christ specifically said this or said that or whether His (contemporary) followers/biographers simply put words in His mouth in order to lend legitimacy to an incipient religious movement inasmuch as Christ, Himself, never 122
38. Boyce senior owns a nominal three percent of the shares, and does not have a seat on the board,” admitted Clive
39. Each vehicle had a battery pack consisting of eighteen cells, each of which had a nominal capacity of two-point-one volts
40. In time, many things were declared as doctrine by papal decree alone, according to those who occupied this office, the nominal head of all Christendom
41. Bank3Sector of Japan acquires the foreign debt securities of Brazil with discount in yens, even if the securities have nominal value in dollar, euro or other coin with free world circulation
42. The solution of the payment of the national debt: With the implantation of the Computational Monetary System, the Virtual Central Bank substitutes all the national debt securities for Virtual Coin and it deposits its nominal values in Current Account “Personal” of its title-holders in a linked way, without there is issue of physical money to cover those securities in the Virtual Bank of the country
43. Every deposited amount in Bank3Sector will be transformed in public certificate or certificate of bank deposit without nominal endorsement, in other words, in guaranteed certificates for the Central Bank of the country in that the Project is implanted
44. Nominal: Categorical data where the order of the categories are arbitrary ex: development type, defect type
45. In my suit jacket’s pocket were the two receipts, nominal amount, say 50 cents, for each incline
46. It was bad enough that Joseph copied the French; at least they were nominal Catholics
47. Even though his father is estimated to sit on a fortune worth some $515 million, Park says he received only a nominal gift from his dad
48. from 1980 to 2006 than nominal growth in the economy, which averaged 6
49. find had been the wind-up walkie-talkies with a nominal
50. “The present peace is only nominal, for by it we have become emasculated and cowardly