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denomination

de·no·mi·nation

UK/dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/ US/dɪˌnɔmʌˈneɪʃʌn/ rare

noun

1.

a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

2.

a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money

  • “he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations”
3.

identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

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Origin

From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. By surface analysis, denominate + -ion.

Phrases

  • denomination effect
  • face value

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