bidder vs nominee

bidder

noun
  • One who commands or orders 

  • Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction 

nominee

noun
  • 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. 

  • A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest. 

  • 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. 

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