representative:
(plural: ‘representatives‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
ASEAN Committee representatives
a person who acts/stands as an agent or delegate for someone else, usually as a job or business;
(mostly in the USA) a politician who’s elected by the people to a position in some law-making body;
(also sales representative or sales rep) an employee whose job is to visit potential customers or clients and explain to them about their company and their products and encourage them to buy their products or services;
a person (or thing) that serves as an example for others,
legal representatives of a company inspecting a deal document
Our office has decided to send Mr Samuel as the representative of our firm in the chamber of commerce meeting.
When the President does not feel like attending some conferences, he sends the Secretary of State as his representative, giving his opinions and directives as to what and how to deal with the issues.
As the chief representative of all the Buddhists in the world, the Dalai Lama has to negotiate numerous political and religious issues involved with different nations.
