Nomination
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of officially naming a candidate
"The Republican nomination for Governor"
(2) An address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election
"The nomination was brief and to the point"
(3) The condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election
"There was keen competition for the nomination"
"His nomination was hotly protested"
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Etymology
From nominationem (nominative of nominatio, from verb nominare)
Noun
- An act or instance of nominating.
- A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated.