rĕpraesentātĭo, ōnis, f. [repraesento].
I A bringing before one; a showing , exhibiting , manifesting; a representation (post-Aug.): plus est evidentia, vel ut alii dicunt, repraesentatio, quam perspicuitas, Quint. 8, 3, 61; cf. Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 12; Gell. 10, 3, 12; Tert. adv. Prax. 24: Paulus felicissimi patris repraesentatio, the image , Val. Max. 5, 10, 2.—
II (Acc. to repraesento, II.) Mercant. t. t., a cash payment (class.), Cic. Fam. 16, 24, 1; id. Att. 12, 31, 2; 13, 29, 3; Dig. 35, 1, 36.