Representative may refer to:
Politics
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Representative democracy
Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected people represent a group of people, in contrast to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies function as some type of represen ...
, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a group of people
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House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
, legislative body in various countries or sub-national entities
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Legislator
A legislator (also known as a deputy or lawmaker) is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are often elected by the people of the state. Legislatures may be supra-national (for ex ...
, someone who is a member of a legislature
Mathematics
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Representative (mathematics)
In mathematics, when the elements of some set S have a notion of equivalence (formalized as an equivalence relation), then one may naturally split the set S into equivalence classes. These equivalence classes are constructed so that elements a ...
, an element of an equivalence class representing the class
Other uses
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Sales representative
Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period. The delivery of a service for a cost is also considered a sale.
The seller, or the provider of the Goods and services, goods or services, c ...
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Manufacturers' representative
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Customer service representative
Customer service representatives, customer service advisors, customer service agents, or customer service associates interact with customers to handle complaints, process orders, and provide information about an organization’s products and servic ...
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Holiday rep
In the United Kingdom, a seasonworker (also called a holiday rep or a saisonaire) is a person who spends either their summers or winters working abroad for a tour operator.
Overview
A seasonworker can spend up to eight months abroad; as a resul ...
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Representative sample, in statistics a sample or subset meant to represent a population
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Representative director (Japan)
is the position of the most senior executive in charge of managing a corporation which is registered in Japan. As regulated by the Companies Act of Japan, joint-stock companies based in Japan must have a Representative Director. The Representativ ...
, most senior executive in charge of managing a corporation in Japan
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''The Representative'' (newspaper), unsuccessful 1826 London newspaper
See also
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Representation (disambiguation)
Representation may refer to:
Law and politics
*Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories
** Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a ...
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Rep (disambiguation)
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Presentative (disambiguation)
Presentative may refer to:
* In philosophy and psychology, capable of being directly perceived and represented by the mind
** More specifically, represented in the mind as conceived in presentationism
* Presentative (linguistics), a word or con ...
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Special Representative
Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seating ...
, a diplomatic rank
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The Representative (disambiguation) ''The Representative'' may refer to:
* ''The Representative'' (newspaper), a London newspaper published in 1826
* ''The Representative'' (play) or ''The Deputy'' (german: Der Stellvertreter), a 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth
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