rep

noun

/rep/

(informal)

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(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代表
- 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纽约公司的代表
[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.订阅费应该付给你的工会代表。
[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.这部歌剧从周日到8月31日在格林德伯恩上演。

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 19th cent.: abbreviation.sense 3 1920s: abbreviation.