different between nominee vs nominate

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

Borrowed from Latin n?min?tus, perfect passive participle of n?min? (“I name”), from n?men (“a name”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?m.?.ne?t/, /?n?m.?.ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?m.?.ne?t/, /?n?m.?.ne?t/

Verb

nominate (third-person singular simple present nominates, present participle nominating, simple past and past participle nominated)

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
2. (obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.
   • 1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)

Synonyms

• (confer a name upon): bename; see also Thesaurus:denominate

Related terms

• denominate
• nomination

Translations

Adjective

nominate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) nominotypical

   the nominate subspecies

Anagrams

• Timonean, antinome

Italian

Verb

nominate

1. second-person plural present indicative of nominare
2. second-person plural imperative of nominare
3. feminine plural of nominato

Anagrams

• monetina

Latin

Verb

n?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of n?min?

Participle

n?min?te

1. vocative masculine singular of n?min?tus