repertory

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rep·er·tory [repertory repertories] BrE [ˈrepətri] NAmE [ˈrepərtɔːri] noun
1. (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
2. countable (formal) = ↑repertoire (¹)
See also: ↑rep

Word Origin:
mid 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.