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Webster 1828 Edition
Nominee
NOMINEE
,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)
- 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.
- 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.
Translations
a person named or designated to any office, duty or position