nom·i·na·tion /ˌnɑməˈneʃən/
  提名,任命,提名權
  Nom·i·na·tion n.
  1. The act of naming or nominating; designation of a person as a candidate for office; the power of nominating; the state of being nominated; as, to win the nomination.
     The nomination of persons to places being . . . a flower of his crown, he would reserve to himself.   --Clarendon.
  2. The denomination, or name. [Obs.]
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  nomination
       n 1: the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican
            nomination for Governor"
       2: 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"
       3: 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" [syn: nominating speech, nominating
          address]