rep /rep/ BrE AmE noun
[ Sense 1-3: Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: representative ]
[ Sense 4: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: repertory ]
[ Sense 5: Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: reputation ]
[ Sense 6: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: repetition ]
1 . [countable] informal a ↑ sales representative
2 . [countable] someone who speaks officially for a company, organization, or group of people SYN representative
staff/union/company etc rep
You need to speak to the students’ rep.
Safety reps have the right to stop the job when workers are in danger.
3 . [countable] American English a ↑ representative
4 . [uncountable and countable] ↑ repertory , or a repertory theatre or company:
Most actors start off in rep.
5 . [countable] American English spoken a ↑ reputation
6 . [countable] one exercise that you do in a series of exercises SYN repetition :
Do 15 reps of each exercise.