Dictionary of English - repertoire or repertory

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A repertoire is properly the range of acts, songs, turns, and the like that a particular company or actor can perform, and hence anyone's 'stock' of similar things: Uncle Geoff has a good repertoire of corny jokes. A repertory can be the same, but the word usually refers more precisely to the plays that a company performs at one theatre over a period: Many famous performers started their career in repertory companies. Spelling: remember the second r.

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