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rep

1  [rep]
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–noun
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
Also, repp.

Origin:
1855–60; < F reps, perh. < E ribs (see rib 1 )

Related forms:
repped, adjective

rep

2  [rep]
–noun Informal.
1. a repertory theater or company.
2. repetition.
3. a representative, esp. a sales representative.
4. reputation.
Origin:
by shortening

rep

3  [rep]
–noun
Nucleonics. a unit proposed as a supplement to roentgen for expressing dosage of ionizing radiation: subsequently abandoned.
Compare rem.

Origin:
1945–50; r(oentgen) e(quivalent) p(hysical)

Rep.

 
1. Representative.
2. Republic.
3. Republican.

rep.

 
1. repair.
2. repeat.
3. (in prescriptions) let it be repeated. Origin:
< L repetātur
4. report.
5. reported.
6. reporter.
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rep 1 also repp   (rěp)   
n.  A ribbed or corded fabric of various materials, such as cotton, wool, or silk.

[Alteration of French reps, from English ribs, pl. of rib.]
rep 2   (rěp)   
n.   Informal
A representative.
rep 3   (rěp)   
n.  A unit of absorbed radiation dose, equal to the amount of ionizing radiation that will transfer 93 ergs of energy to 1 gram of water or living tissue.

[r(oentgen) + e(quivalent) + p(hysical).]
rep 4   (rěp)   
n.   Informal

  1. A repertory company.

  2. A repertory theater.

rep 5   (rěp)   
n.   Informal
Reputation: "Modern British royalty began with Queen Victoria, who still has a bad rep for being stodgy, straitlaced and—well, Victorian" (Anthony Holden).
rep 6   (rěp)   
n.   Informal
A repetition of a particular movement done as exercise, especially in weightlifting.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
rep [rɛp]

  1. n.
    a representative, usually a sales representative. : Please ask your rep to stop by my office.
  2. n.
    someone's reputation. : I've got my own rep to think about.
  3. n.
    repertory theater. : Rep is the best place to get experience, but not to make connections.
  4. n.
    Go to reps. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rep 
1705 as abbreviation of reputation; as a shortening of repetition it is recorded from 1864, originally school slang; as a shortening of representative, especially "sales representative," it is attested from 1896. As an abbreviation of repertory (company) it is recorded from 1925.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: rep.
Function: abbreviation
1report, reporter
2representative
3republic
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rep
Pronunciation: 'rep
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural rep or reps
: the dosage of an ionizingradiation that will develop the same amount of energy upon absorption in human tissues as one roentgen of X-ray or gamma-ray exposure —compare REM

Main Entry: rep
Function: abbreviation
Etymology: Latin repetatur
let it be repeated —used in writing prescriptions
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

rep (rěp)
n.
Roentgen-equivalent-physical; a unit of absorbed radiation dose, equal to the amount of ionizing radiation that will transfer 93 ergs of energy to 1 gram of water or living tissue.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

REP programming
A directive used in IBM object code card decks (and later PTF Tapes) to REPlace fragments of already assembled or compiled object code prior to link edit. Recompiling or reassembling the source code to produce a whole new object module was only possible if the source code was available, which it rarely was (if you had the object you were lucky!) It was also quicker to apply incremental changes with REP cards and they also circumvented the checksums and card sequence numbers present in the object code.
(1998-07-16)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
rep

  1. repertory

  2. repetition

  3. representative

  4. reputation

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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