nominate

verb

nom·i·nate | \ ˈnä-mə-ˌnāt

nominated; nominating

Definition of nominate

transitive verb

1 : designate, name the first of the commonly so nominated explorers of the American Arctic— Vilhjalmur Stephansson

2a : to appoint or propose for appointment to an office or place He was nominated to the Supreme Court.

b : to propose as a candidate for election to office We expect the party to nominate him for president.

c : to propose for an honor nominate her for player of the year He was nominated for an Academy Award.

3 : to enter (a horse) in a race

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Other Words from nominate

nominatable \ ˈnä-mə-ˌnā-tə-bəl

\ adjective

nominator \ ˈnä-mə-ˌnā-tər

\ noun

nominee \ ˌnä-mə-ˈnē

\ noun

Examples of nominate in a Sentence

We expect the party to nominate him for president. The President nominated her for Attorney General. Someone has to tell her the truth—I nominate you. We nominated her for player of the year.

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Netflix has had at least one film nominated for best documentary every year since 2014. — Adam Epstein, Quartzy, "The Obamas are officially Oscar contenders," 3 Sep. 2019 Amazon is also offering some modern classics for streaming, including Election (1999) and Legally Blonde (2001) and 2010’s Oscar-nominated True Grit. — Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, "Here's Everything New on Amazon Prime Video in September 2019," 1 Sep. 2019 He was nominated to both positions by former president William J. Clinton. — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, "Federal Judge Christopher Droney to leave U.S. Circuit Court for position with Hartford law firm," 27 Aug. 2019 Billie decided to skip out on the 2019 VMAs, even though she's nominated for a few awards. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "Here's the Real Reason Why Billie Eilish Skipped the 2019 MTV VMAs," 27 Aug. 2019 Mr Acosta was not properly vetted until after he was nominated for the post—following the withdrawal of Mr Trump’s previous nominee, Andrew Puzder, amid allegations of domestic abuse and failure to pay taxes. — The Economist, "Was Jeffrey Epstein’s plea deal fishy?," 13 July 2019 He was nominated for 2019 Greater Houston Football Coaches Association Assistant of the Year. — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Dudley, Cinco Ranch football to make debut against Cy Ranch," 26 Aug. 2019 Fittingly, she's nominated for the Best New Artist VMA. — Vogue, "Get to Know the 8 Female Artists Nominated for Their First MTV VMAs," 26 Aug. 2019 In 2009, Jaitley was chosen as the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, where he was nominated in 2006. — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, "Arun Jaitley: From 19 months in prison to the high table of Indian economic affairs," 24 Aug. 2019

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nominee

noun

Financial Definition of nominee

What It Is

A nominee is a person or entity that takes possession of securities or other assets for the purpose of making transactions on behalf of the owner of the securities or other assets.

How It Works

For example, let's say that John Doe owns several positions in about 200 companies in his brokerage account. He has collected these positions over the past 10 years of his investing life, and he's ready to let someone else make the buy and sell decisions every day.

John sets up a nominee account and transfers all of his holdings to that account. In a nominee account, the shares are no longer in John's name, though he is the owner of the assets. This allows the brokerage firm to buy and sell the assets in the account without John's written permission for every trade. John still gets the dividends from the stocks, and he still gets to vote his shares when it's proxy season.

Why It Matters

Nominee transactions make transactions happen faster by allowing people or entities to act as agents for other people and thus conduct business in fewer steps.

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nominate

verb

English Language Learners Definition of nominate

: to formally choose (someone) as a candidate for a job, position, office, etc.

: to choose (someone) for a job, position, office, etc.

: to choose (someone or something) as a candidate for receiving an honor or award

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nominate

verb

nom·i·nate | \ ˈnä-mə-ˌnāt

nominated; nominating

Kids Definition of nominate

: to choose as a candidate for election, appointment, or honor The parties each nominate a candidate for president.

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nominate

adjective

nom·i·nate | \ ˈnä-mə-nət, -ˌnāt\

Legal Definition of nominate

(Entry 1 of 2)

in the civil law of Louisiana : having a special or certain name — compare innominate

nominate

transitive verb

nom·i·nate | \ ˈnä-mə-ˌnāt

nominated; nominating

Legal Definition of nominate (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : to appoint or propose for appointment to an office, position, or place if the testator has nominated an executor of the will the President…shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors — U.S. Constitution art. II

2 : to propose as a candidate for election to office