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rep

noun
🔊/rep/
🔊/rep/
(informal)
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  1. (also sales rep, representative, formal sales representative)
     [countable] an employee of a company who travels around a particular area selling the company’s goods to shops and other businesses
    • rep for something She’s a sales rep for a recording company.她是一家音像公司的销售代表。
    • a rep for the New York-based company这家纽约公司的代表
  2. [countable] a person who speaks officially for a group of people, especially at work代表；发言人
    • a union rep工会代表
    • Subscriptions should be paid to your union rep.订阅应支付给您的工会代表。
  3. [uncountable] (informal) the type of work of a theatre company in which different plays are performed for short periods of time (the abbreviation for ‘repertory’)保留剧目轮演（全写为 repertory）
    • in rep The opera is in rep at Glyndebourne from Sunday until August 31.该歌剧将于周日至8月31日在格林德伯恩（Glyndebourne）演出。
    4. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 19th cent.: abbreviation.sense 3 1920s: abbreviation.