assortment

assortment
    n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
         great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety
         of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn:
         {assortment}, {mixture}, {mixed bag}, {miscellany},
         {miscellanea}, {variety}, {salmagundi}, {smorgasbord},
         {potpourri}, {motley}]
    2: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of
       the same type [syn: {categorization}, {categorisation},
       {classification}, {compartmentalization},
       {compartmentalisation}, {assortment}]
    

Assortment \As*sort"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. assortiment.]
   1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or
      classes.
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   2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds
      or sorts; a number of things assorted.
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   3. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds
      adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an
      assortment of goods.
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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "assortment":
      agglomeration, all sorts, allay, alleviate, appease, array,
      assemblage, assuage, batch, broad spectrum, calm, categorization,
      category, class, classification, collectanea, collection,
      conciliate, conglomerate, conglomeration, culling, ease, farrago,
      gallimaufry, gradation, group, grouping, hash, hodgepodge,
      hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, lighten, lot, magpie, mash, medley,
      melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash,
      mitigate, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mollify, oddments,
      odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio,
      pastiche, patchwork, placate, placement, potpourri, propitiate,
      ranking, relax, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, screening,
      selection, set, sifting, slack, slacken, soothe, sorting,
      sorting out, stew, subordination, sundries, sweeten, taxonomy,
      triage, variety, what you will