repertory

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rep=er=to=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

repertory, n. [L. repertorium, fr. reperire to find again; pref. re- re + parire, parere, to bring forth, procure: cf. F. répertoire. Cf. Parent.].

•  A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.  [1913 Webster]
•  A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Répertoire.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

repertory, n. (pl. -ies)
1 = REPERTOIRE.
2 the theatrical performance of various plays for short periods by one company.
3 a a repertory company. b repertory theatres regarded collectively.
4 a store or collection, esp. of information, instances, etc.

Idiom

repertory company a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire.

Etymology

LL repertorium f. L reperire repert- find

THESAURUS

repertory

abundance, account, accounts, accumulation, active list, amassment, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, backlog, bank, basement, bay, bin, blacklist, body count, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, budget, bunker, buttery, cache, capitulation, cargo dock, cellar, census, checklist, chest, civil list, closet, collection, commissariat, commissary, conservatory, cornucopia, count, crate, crib, cumulation, cupboard, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, enumeration, exchequer, glory hole, godown, head count, heap, hoard, hold, hutch, inventory, itemization, items, larder, library, list, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, mass, material, materials, materiel, munitions, nose count, pile, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, rack, rations, recapitulation, reckoning, recount, recounting, register, registry, rehearsal, repertoire, repository, reservoir, retired list, rick, schedule, shelf, sick list, stack, stack room, statement, stock, stock room, stock-in-trade, stockpile, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, stores, summary, summation, summing, summing up, supplies, supply, supply base, supply depot, supply on hand, tally, tally sheet, tank, treasure, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar

ROGET THESAURUS

repertory

Store

N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.