n.
1) to put up a ~ (for office)
2) to adopt ( BE ); endorse a ~
3) ( BE ) to de-select a ~ ('to refuse at the local level to support a party ~ adopted at the national level')
4) a party; write-in ~
5) a defeated; handpicked; leading; successful; unsuccessful; victorious (a successful ~ for admission to the university; a victorious ~ for the party's nomination)
6) a ~ for (a ~ for the presidency)