Re: [Quantlib-dev] [QuantLib-svn] SF.net SVN: quantlib:[16177] trunk/QuantLib

[Ferdinando A. <qf...@am...>]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Luigi Ballabio
<lui...@gm...> wrote:
> Are you telling me we're using the wrong term and we should use
> faceAmount instead of notional?

yes I am.

Here's my 0.02€: the face amount is the bond's nominal outstanding
debt which will be redeemed at maturity (or during bond's life for
amortizing bonds). The notional of a bond is the face amount times
number of bonds.

ciao -- Nando