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rep·er·tory (rep′ər tôr′ē, rep′ə-)

noun pl. repertories -·ries

    1. a repository for useful things; storehouse
    2. the things stored; stock; collection
  2. repertoire
  3. the system of producing and presenting plays, operas, etc. engaged in by repertory theaters

Etymology: LL repertorium, an inventory < L repertus, pp. of reperire, to find out, discover < re-, again + parere, to produce, invent, bear: see -parous

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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