rep
noun
uk/rep/us/rep/repnoun(BUSINESS)
[C]informal
asales rep:
（同 sales rep）Reps mustmaintain$500 amonthinsales.
Drug repssellprescriptionmedicinestophysiciansandhospitals.
a person who sells things
- sellerWe'll need to talk to the seller and see if they'll accept your bid on the house.
- salespersonThe shop was so busy that it took me ages to get the salesperson's attention.
- salesmanHe was a used-car salesman.
- saleswomanShe was the company's top saleswoman.
- sales assistantUKCan you wave over a sales assistant? I have a question about this bracelet.
[C]informal
someone whospeaksor does somethingofficiallyfor anotherpersonorgroupofpeople. Rep isshortforrepresentative:
His rep said he wouldreturntoworkimmediately.
Reps for thesingerdid notreturncallsforcomment.
People who sell things
- agent
- assistant
- auctioneer
- barker
- barrow boy
- flower girl
- franchisee
- gallerist
- haberdasher
- hawker
- retailer
- sales assistant
- sales force
- sales rep
- salesclerk
- tout
- tradesman
- tradespeople
- vendor
- wholesaler
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Replacing and exchanging
repnoun(THEATRE)
[U]
informalforrepertory:
（演员阵容固定的）保留剧目轮演（repertory的非正式说法）Herparentswerestageperformersand hergrandparentsrana repcompany.
When I was anactorinrep, I alwaysplayedsinisterparts.
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act out
- amateur theater
- appear
- appearance
- blocking
- camp
- chew
- chew the sceneryidiom
- dumb show
- greasepaint
- improvisation
- interpreter
- method acting
- re-enactment
- recreation
- tread
- walk
- walk throughsomething
- walkthrough
- wrap party
repnoun(EXERCISE)
[Cusually plural]
used for saying thenumberoftimesthat aparticularexerciseshould berepeatedin asportsworkout. Rep isshortforrepetition:
Thenraisethebaragain - 15 reps on eachside.
You can also use lessweightand do more reps.
Repeating an action
- be at it againidiom
- be/sound like a broken recordidiom
- binge-watch
- bingeable
- blitz
- cycle
- drill
- go through
- Groundhog Day
- here
- here we go (again)idiom
- iterative
- repetitive
- replicable
- reprise
- reproduce
- reproducible
- reread
- rerun
- rewrite
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Exercising & training
repnoun(REPUTATION)
[C]
informalforreputation:
He hasearneda rep as cinema's hippest DJ.
Anoutcastwith abadrep and apart-timejob, Veronica is justtryingto get through highschool.
Reputation
- by reputationidiom
- cred
- credibility
- detoxify
- disreputable
- honourable
- honourably
- infamous
- infamy
- mud
- mud sticksidiom
- notorious
- notoriously
- reputable
- reputably
- reputation
- smoke
- standing
- Teflon
- there's no smoke without fireidiom