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(naming) noun
appellation, appointment, approval, assigning, assignment, authorization, calling, categorization, choosing, commissioning, delegating, delegation, denomination, denotation, deputation, description, designatio, fixing, identification, indication, installation, label, ordainment, ordination, particularization, placing in office, pointing out, selection, signification, specification, stipulation
associated concepts: designated agent, designated document, designation of beneficiary
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(symbol) noun
badge, cipher, distinguishing mark, earmark, emblem, hallmark, identification mark, indicator, indicium, initial, insignia, label, mark, name, representation, sign, standard, title, token, totem, trademark, type
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index
admittance (acceptance), allotment, call (title), caption, choice (decision), citation (attribution), class, classification, cognomen, color (complexion), delegation (assignment), denomination, department, deputation (selection of delegates), device (distinguishing mark), diagnosis, discretion (power of choice), earmark, election (choice), identification, kind, manner (kind), nomination, reference (citation), rubric (title), selection (choice), signification, specification, term (expression)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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The practice, used by firms who hold shares as nominee on behalf of their clients, of dividing their shareholding in a company into labelled or numbered account names on the share register in order to identify which shares are held by each of their clients.
Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.