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repertory

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rep⋅er⋅to⋅ry

  [rep-er-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
2. a theatrical company that presents productions in this manner.
3. repertoire.
4. a store or stock of things available.
5. storehouse.
Origin:
1545–55; < LL repertōrium inventory, equiv. to L reper(īre) to discover, find, make up (re- re- + -perīre, comb. form of parere to bring forth, produce) + -tōrium -tory 2

Related forms:
rep⋅er⋅to⋅ri⋅al, adjective
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rep·er·to·ry   (rěp'ər-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
n.   pl. rep·er·to·ries

  1. A repertoire.

    1. A theater in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation.

    2. A repertory company.

    3. A place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; a repository.

    4. Something stored in or as if in such a place; a stock or collection.

    1. A place, such as a storehouse, where a stock of things is kept; a repository.

    2. Something stored in or as if in such a place; a stock or collection.


[Late Latin repertōrium, from Latin repertus, past participle of reperīre, to find out : re-, re- + parīre, to get, beget; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
rep'er·to'ri·al adj.
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Word Origin & History

repertory 
1552, "index, list, catalogue," from L.L. repertorium "inventory, list," from L. repertus, pp. of reperire "to find, get, invent," from re-, intensive prefix, + parire, archaic form of paerere "produce, bring forth," from PIE base *per- "attempt" (see parent). Meaning "list of performances" is first recorded 1845; repertory theater is attested from 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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