different between nominee vs delegate

English

Etymology

From nomin(ate) +? -ee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?m??ni?/

  Rhymes: -i?

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.

3. A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English delegat, from Old French delegat, from Latin d?l?g?tus.

Pronunciation

Noun

• enPR: d?l??-g?t, IPA^(key): /?d?l???t/

Verb

• enPR: d?l??-g?t', IPA^(key): /?d?l???e?t/

Noun

delegate (plural delegates)

1. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
2. a representative at a conference, etc.
3. (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
4. (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deputy

Hypernyms

Derived terms

• (computing): delegate-type

Related terms

• (computing): function pointer

Translations

Verb

delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)

1. to authorize someone to be a delegate
2. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
3. (computing, Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own

Translations

Italian

Adjective

delegate

1. feminine plural of delegato

Noun

delegate f

1. plural of delegata

Verb

delegate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delegare
2. second-person plural imperative of delegare
3. feminine plural of delegato

Latin

Verb

d?l?g?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?l?g?