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portfolio

port·fo·lio

UK/pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/ US/-əʊl.jəʊ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a case for carrying papers or drawings or maps; usually leather

2.

a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution

  • “they were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio”
3.

the role of the head of a government department

  • “he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs”

Origin

From Italian portafoglio; cognate with French portefeuille (“folder, wallet”), from Latin portāre (“to carry”) and folium (“sheet”). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.

Phrases

  • curriculum vitae
  • foreign portfolio investment
  • minister without portfolio
  • portfolio career
  • portfolio frontier
  • portfolio worker

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