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• representative peers — plural noun Scottish and Irish peers chosen by their fellows to sit in the House of Lords • • • Main Entry: ↑represent …   Useful english dictionary

• Representative peer — In the United Kingdom, representative peers were individuals elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to represent them in the British House of Lords. Members of the Peerage of England, Peerage of Great Britain …   Wikipedia

• representative government —    A political system is representative if it is one in which representatives of the people share, to a significant degree, in the making of decisions. For this to apply there must be a good number of representatives meeting in some kind of free… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• representative — A person or thing that represents, or stands for, a number or class of persons or things, or that in some way corresponds to, stands for, replaces, or is equivalent to, another person or thing. Gaffney v. Unit Crane & Shovel Corp., D.C.Pa., 117 F …   Black's law dictionary

• representative — I UK [ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv] / US noun [countable] Word forms representative : singular representative plural representatives *** 1) someone who has been chosen or elected by a person or group to vote, give opinions, or make decisions for them an… …   English dictionary

• representative — rep|re|sen|ta|tive1 [ ,reprı zentətıv ] noun count *** 1. ) someone who has been chosen or elected by a person or group to vote, give opinions, or make decisions for them: an elected/political representative representative of/from: Delegates will …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• representative — rep|re|sen|ta|tive1 [ˌreprıˈzentətıv] adj 1.) typical of a particular group or thing representative of ▪ The latest incident is representative of a wider trend. 2.) including examples of all the different types of something in a group ▪ The… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• representative — 1 adjective 1 like other members of the same group; typical (+ of): Are your opinions representative of the views of all the students? 2 a representative system of government allows everyone to express their opinions by voting for representatives …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• representative*/*/ — [ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv] noun [C] I someone who has been chosen by a person or group to vote, speak, or make decisions for them an elected/political representative[/ex] The new government sent a representative to the talks.[/ex] II adj representative… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• representative — /reprɪ zentətɪv/ adjective which is an example of what all others are like ● We displayed a representative selection of our product range. ● The sample chosen was not representative of the whole batch. ■ noun 1. a company which works for another… …   Marketing dictionary in english

• representative — /ˌreprɪ zentətɪv/ adjective which is an example of what all others are like ● We displayed a representative selection of our product range. ● The sample chosen was not representative of the whole batch. ■ noun 1. a company which works for another …   Dictionary of banking and finance