conventional

/kənˈvɛnʃənl/

noun

  1. 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. 1

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

  2. 2

    Ordinary, commonplace.

    They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
  3. 3

    Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

  6. 6

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

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