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Webster 1828 Edition


Nominee

NOMINEE

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Noun.
1.
In law, the person who is named to receive a copy-hold estate on surrender of it to the lord; the cestuy que use, sometimes called the surrenderee.
2.
A person named or designated by another.
3.
A person on whose life depends an annuity.

Definition 2024


nominee

nominee

See also: nominée

English

Noun

nominee (plural nominees)

  1. A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
  2. A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator.
    The Supreme Court confiscated half of Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune after finding that, while being Prime Minister, he held shares in commercial companies through nominees.

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