arrival; arrive
Arabic
argon
2
acknowledgment of receipt
3
all rail
4
all risks
5
annual return
6
Arkansas
7
army regulation
9
autonomous republic
: of or relating to
molecular
: being
spectacular
: resembling
oracular
variants
or less commonly A and R
: 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
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