Word
nominee
Phoneticsnom·i·nee
US/ˌnɑməˈni/
UK/nˈɒmɪnˌiː/
Definitions
01candidate for award or office
n. someone who is officially suggested for a prize, a job, or a political role.
n. a person formally proposed as a candidate for an election, an appointment, or an honour such as an Academy Award.
“The Oscar nominee thanked her family during her short speech on stage.”
“The presidential nominee spent the final weeks of the campaign touring the swing states to secure the support of undecided voters.”
02legal/financial representative
n. a person or company that holds property or shares for someone else to keep the real owner's name private.
n. a person or entity in whose name a security or property is registered, while the beneficial ownership remains with another party.
“He put the shares in the name of a nominee to keep his investment private.”
“The assets were held by a nominee company to facilitate the transfer of titles without disclosing the identity of the primary investors.”
Technical · Formal
Usage
Often used in the context of 'nominee accounts' in banking or 'nominee shareholders' in corporate law.
Real-World Examples
“Republican nominee Donalds encouraged his party to unite ahead of the general election.” “Democrats in Michigan, one of the states given a boost in the calendar shakeup, narrowly voted earlier this month to select progressive Abdul El-Sayed as their Senate nominee.” Etymology
From nomin(ate) + -ee.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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