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conventional

/kənˈvɛnʃənl/

noun

Meaning

  • 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

Meaning

  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

  • Ordinary, commonplace.

    "They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours."

  • Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.

  • Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.

  • Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

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

Synonyms

stereotypical,
canonical,
typical