ar
1 of 7noun (1)
ˈär 
: the letter r
ar
2 of 7abbreviation (1)
arrival; arrive
Ar
3 of 7abbreviation (2)
Arabic
Ar
4 of 7symbol
argon
AR
5 of 7abbreviation (3)
1
accounts receivable
2
acknowledgment of receipt
3
all rail
4
all risks
5
annual return
6
Arkansas
7
army regulation
8
augmented reality
9
autonomous republic
-ar
6 of 7adjective suffix
: of or relating to
molecular
: being spectacular
: resembling oracular
A&R
7 of 7noun (2)
variants or less commonly A and R
ˌā-ən(d)-ˈär
: the business of finding, marketing, and promoting talented artists for a record label : the business of managing artists and developing their repertoires
From his '90s gig as host of MTV's alt-rock show "120 Minutes" to stints in A&R for Columbia Records and deejaying on WRXP …
Chris Erikson, New York Post, 6 Feb. 2012
—often used before another noun Chris Erikson, New York Post, 6 Feb. 2012Allen was an A&R man for this record company, Minit Records, in those days and he was still recording people like Ernie K-Doe and Irma Thomas. Aaron Neville, quoted in Billboard, 6 Nov. 2010
Aaron Neville, quoted in Billboard, 6 Nov. 2010In the old days, artists worked in as many venues as they could to get noticed, usually by a manager with connections to an A and R rep who would get them the attention of a record label. Robin Harvey, Kingston Whig-Standard (Ontario), 22 Aug. 2009
Robin Harvey, Kingston Whig-Standard (Ontario), 22 Aug. 2009the A&R department of a record label
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English
Adjective suffix
Middle English, from Latin -aris, alteration of -alis -al
Noun (2)
Artists and Repertoire
First Known Use
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1948, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
AR 1 of 2
abbreviation
Arkansas
-ar
2 of 2adjective suffix
ər
: of or relating to
molecular
Medical Definition
Ar
symbol
argon