ar

1 of 7

noun (1)

ˈär 

: the letter r

ar

2 of 7

abbreviation (1)

arrival; arrive

Ar

3 of 7

abbreviation (2)

Arabic

Ar

4 of 7

symbol

argon

AR

5 of 7

abbreviation (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 7

adjective suffix

: of or relating to

molecular

: being

spectacular

: resembling

oracular

A&R

7 of 7

noun (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

Allen 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

In 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

the 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)

12th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1948, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

-ar

adjective suffix

ər,

 also  ˌär

: of or relating to

molecular

: being

spectacular

: resembling

oracular

Etymology

Adjective suffix

derived from Latin -aris (adjective suffix)

Medical Definition

Ar

symbol

argon