A large group of religious congregations united under a common faith and name and organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy.
One of a series of kinds, values, or sizes, as in a system of currency or weights: Cash registers have compartments for bills of different denominations. The stamps come in 25¢ and 45¢ denominations.
A name or designation, especially for a class or group.
1398, "a naming," from L. denominationem (nom. denominatio) "a calling by anything other than the proper name, metonymy," from denominare "to name," from de- "completely" + nominare "to name." Monetary sense is 1660; meaning "religious sect" is 1716.
This term applies to most financial instruments with monetary
values. The denomination for bonds and securities would be face value or par value. Whereas, for currency, the denomination would be the printed amount.
For example, when you go to the bank to withdraw $100, the teller may ask you in what denominations 5's, 10's, 20's, 50's, 100's, or some combination thereof.
De*nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. d['e]nomination a naming.]1. The act of naming or designating. 2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons. Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. --Burke. 3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians. Syn: Name; appellation; title. See Name.
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