candidacy Definition

candidate
noun

1. Someone who is competing with others for a job, prize, parliamentary seat, etc.

Thesaurus: nominee, contender, competitor, applicant, claimant, contestant, suitor, aspirant.
2. Someone taking an examination.
3. A person or thing considered suitable for a particular purpose or likely to suffer a particular fate.

Example: Jackie is a definite candidate for promotion

Derivative: candidacy
noun

Etymology: 17c: from Latin candidatus clothed in white, because Roman candidates always wore white.