notional
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These are derivative contracts whose payoffs are tied to inflation, and the total notional value of the global swap market is in the trillions of dollars.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
A spokeswoman for the company said it has seen more than $211 billion of notional volume in these contracts since then.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
England began a baking final day with scant hope of an escape, resuming on 182-5, chasing a notional 463.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
U.S. notional volume of levered ETFs is about $90 billion, up from almost nothing a decade ago, per Goldman Sachs data.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Just outside the park there is a board marking the traditional, but entirely notional, midpoint of the Appalachian Trail, with 1,080.2 indicated miles of hiking in either direction.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
