单词 | nominee |
释义 | nomineen. 1. ΚΠ 1663 Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. (1743) I. 174 I..beg you that he may be in the first rank of the nominees. 1675 Earl of Essex Lett. (1770) 144 By the Act of Explanation,..all fifty-four persons (who are commonly called Nominees) are provided for [etc.]. b. A person named as the recipient, or one of the recipients, of an annuity, grant, etc. ΚΠ 1697 London Gaz. No. 3338/4 If he receives any quarterly Payment beyond the Death of the Nominee, he shall forfeit treble the value of the Money received. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6169/3 After the Decease of the respective Nominees. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xxii. 368 Upon the original surrender the nominee hath..such a possibility, as may whenever he pleases be reduced to a certainty. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. v. xvi. 294 Nominee in a life-annuity. 1844 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. i. 18 The heir was thus a nominee in the original grant. 1883 Manch. Guardian 17 Oct. 5/4 That nominee life policies are often effected which are altogether invalid is only too evident. 1973 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 33 739 When the nominee or nominees lapsed or died, the capital was retained by the state. 1993 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 53 764 The annuity paid out by the government depended on the survival of individual nominees—survivors shared a fixed annuity sum. 2. A person who is nominated to an office or duty. In the 19th cent.: esp. a person who is nominated to a pocket borough. Also: a person who is nominated as a candidate for election or for an honour, award, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > fact of being nominated > one who is nominated elite?a1400 electc1425 electee1593 nominate1599 nominee1688 nomination1833 presentee1838 1688 Prince of Orange's Declar. 23 Whether before he nominate, he do not satisfy himself that his Nominê be a Man on whom he may rely. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. vii. §2 114 Though such nominee gets the name of a tutor.., the appellation is improper. 1790 J. Bentham Mem. & Corr. in Wks. (1843) X. 229 The terms of connexion..between a nominor and a nominee. 1817 J. Bentham Def. Econ. against Mr. Burke 15 This power of parcelling out the property of the public among the nominees of Kings and Ministers. 1838 H. W. Herbert Cromwell i. iv. 79 The smallest chance of coping with success against a nominee so universally admired and approved by every class of voters. 1865 Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 160/1 A nominee member for a little market town. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 433 A Parliament consisting in a very large measure of the nominees of great families. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer vi. 195 No umpire who is the nominee of a particular county is eligible to stand in a game in which that county figures. 1993 Canad. Living July 67/2 The Rankin Family, the recent Juno Award nominees..specialize in Gaelic songs and rocking reels. 3. Stock Market. A person or group of people in whose name (rather than that of the real owner) a stock, bond, etc., is registered. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > name holding stock on behalf of another nominee1869 street name1923 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 157 The directors..be authorised to offer such new shares to the holders of ordinary stock..or to the nominees of such holders. 1930 Economist 22 Mar. 634/2 Again, many securities registered in the names of British banks or even individuals, as nominees, are really the property of foreigners. 1960 Times 24 Oct. (Financial Review) p. xvii/4 The nominee companies endeavour to facilitate the handling and supervision of portfolio investment. 1988 Independent 16 Nov. 19/4 ‘Nominee’ or front companies would be set up in offshore tax havens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1663 |
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