What does "conventional" mean?

A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

What is a synonym for "conventional"?

Common synonyms include: ceremonious, customary, orthodox, received, stodgy, straight.

How do you pronounce "conventional"?

Pronounced //kənˈvɛnʃənl̩//.

Conventional

//kənˈvɛnʃənl̩// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

Adjective

1
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
"A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays."
2
Ordinary, commonplace.
"They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours."
3
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
4
Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
5
Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

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In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.

Adjective

1
following accepted customs and proprieties wordnet
2
unimaginative and conformist wordnet
3
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy wordnet
4
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past wordnet
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rigidly formal or bound by convention wordnet