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Reps
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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noun Informal.
1.
a repertory theater or company.
3.
a representative, especially a sales representative.
Origin:
by shortening
by shortening
noun
Nucleonics. a unit proposed as a supplement to roentgen for expressing dosage of ionizing radiation: subsequently abandoned.
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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
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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Slang Dictionary
rep definition[rɛp]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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reps definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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