26984 words

rep

15 definitions • 19 examples
1
someone who travels to different places trying to persuade people to buy their company's products or services:
2
someone who speaks or does something officially for another person or group of people. Rep is short for representative:

Examples:

His rep said he would return to work immediately.
Reps for the singer did not return calls for comment.
3
the repeated performance of several plays one after the other by one company of actors. Rep is short for repertory:

Examples:

Her parents were stage performers and her grandparents ran a rep company.
in rep When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts.
4
used for saying the number of times that a particular exercise should be repeated in a sports workout. Rep is short for repetition:

Examples:

Then raise the bar again - 15 reps on each side.
You can also use less weight and do more reps.
5
the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour or character. Rep is short for reputation. :

Examples:

He has earned a rep as cinema's hippest DJ.
An outcast with a bad rep and a part-time job, Veronica is just trying to get through high school.
6
the fact of including different types of people, for example in films, politics, or sport, so that all different groups are represented. Rep is short for representation:

Examples:

Disability rep is so important for kids with disabilities.
Do you think that trans rep in books for young readers is a good thing?
7
to represent someone, especially as their lawyer or agent (= a person who represents an actor, artist, or writer). Rep is short for represent:

Examples:

Her former clients are now being repped by newer and shinier agencies.
He told me that Bryan Racer had been appointed to rep him.
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11
short form ofreputation:

Examples:

I wouldn’t spend time with him – he’s got a bad rep.
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abbreviation for representative
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abbreviation for representative: someone whose job is to sell a company's products or services, especially when this involves travelling to meet people or speaking to them on the phone:

Examples:

We have a team of fifty reps covering the whole of the country.
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abbreviation for representative: a person who is chosen to speak or act for other people:

Examples:

He was elected as their union rep.
15
to work selling a company's goods or services, especially by visiting possible customers or speaking to them on the phone:

Examples:

She joined a publishing company and spent her first year repping in Spain.
I discussed with him the possibility of repping our new product line.

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