repertory
noun/ˈrepətri/
/ˈrepərtɔːri/
- (also informal rep)[uncountable] the type of work of a theatre company in which different plays are performed for short periods of time
- an actor in repertory
- a repertory company
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- [countable] (formal) repertoire (= all the plays, songs, pieces of music, etc. that a performer knows and can perform)
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an index or catalogue): from late Latin repertorium, from Latin repert- ‘found, discovered’, from the verb reperire. Sense 1 (arising from the fact that a company has a “repertory” of pieces for performance) dates from the late 19th cent.
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