rep
noun /rep/
/rep/
(informal)- (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.
- a rep for the New York-based company
- [countable] a person who speaks officially for a group of people, especially at work
- a union rep
- Subscriptions should be paid to your union rep.
- [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’)
- in rep The opera is in rep at Glyndebourne from Sunday until August 31.
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 19th cent.: abbreviation.sense 3 1920s: abbreviation.