- a thin flat case used for carrying documents, drawings, etc.
- I left my portfolio on the train.
- a collection of photographs, drawings, etc. that you use as an example of your work, especially when applying for a job
- She spent most of last year getting her portfolio together.
- (finance) a set of shares owned by a particular person or organization
- a(n) investment/share portfolio
- a portfolio manager
- (especially British English, formal) the particular area of responsibility of a government minister
- the defence portfolio
- a ministerial portfolio
- She resigned her portfolio.
- He was asked to join as a minister without portfolio (= one without responsibility for a particular government department).
- the range of products or services offered by a particular company or organization
- a portfolio of wines
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Italian portafogli, from portare ‘carry’ + foglio ‘leaf’ (from Latin folium).
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