Definitions for portfolio
pɔrtˈfoʊ liˌoʊ, poʊrt-port·fo·lio

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. portfolionoun

   a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather

   "he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio"

2. portfolionoun

   a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers

   "the artist had put together a portfolio of his work"; "every actor has a portfolio of photographs"

3. portfolionoun

   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"

4. portfolionoun

   the role of the head of a government department

   "he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. portfolionoun

   A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.

2. portfolionoun

   The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.

3. portfolionoun

   The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.

4. portfolionoun

   The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.

5. Etymology: From Italian; cognate with the French portefeuille ("folder, wallet"), from the Latin verb portare ("to carry") and folium ("sheet"). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.

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1. portfolio

   A portfolio is a collection or compilation of works, projects, or investments an individual, company or institution holds. In finance, it may refer to the group of investments and assets held by an individual or institution. In the creative industry, it could refer to a selection of an artist's work used to display talent and capabilities. It is generally used to showcase the quality or effectiveness of previous work for potential projects or investment opportunities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Portfolionoun

   a portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc

2. Portfolionoun

   hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio

3. Etymology: [F. portefeuille; porter to carry + feuille a leaf. See Port to carry, and Folio.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Portfolio

   pōrt-fō′li-ō, n. a portable case for loose papers, drawings, &c.: a collection of such papers: the office of a minister of state. [Sp. portafolio—L. portāre, to carry, folium, a leaf.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portfolio

   A portable case for keeping loose papers in. Hence, also, the office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war.

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1. portfolio

   The accurate, specific and defined business, company, enterprise or organizational role, responsibilities, budget, goals, legislation, objectives, plans, processes, procedures, rules, strategy, structures, systems and vision assigned to a director or team of directors to lead, manage, control, update, review and report updates monthly to the director meetings.

   The business portfolio is managed by the Managing Director and other directors have responsibility and accountability for various facets of the business.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020  

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   portfolio

   The accurate, specific and defined unity government department, role, responsibilities, budget, goals, law, legislation, objectives, plans, processes, procedures, rules, strategy, structures, systems, vision and treaties assigned to a member of a unity government cabinet to lead, manage, control, update, review and report updates monthly to the unity government cabinet.

   The member of unity goverment cabinet portfolio did include many facets.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020  

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1. • Case
   • Function
   • List
   • Set

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'portfolio' in Nouns Frequency: #1888

How to pronounce portfolio?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of portfolio in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of portfolio in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of portfolio in a Sentence

1. Mark Steward:

   A failure to communicate openly with us can affect the well-running of markets and cause unnecessary harm to investors, especially in times of financial stress or crisis, regulators need open communication with firms so that better decisions can be made sooner. Mr Macris should have explained the position more squarely, especially when he knew the synthetic credit portfolio’s losses had worsened.

2. Kirt Gardner:

   Nevertheless, a sustained period of depressed energy prices could result in increased credit loss expense for this sub-segment of our portfolio.

3. Michael Thompson:

   When expectations are for increases in interest rates to be moderate and well-telegraphed and there is broad agreement about what the forward curve should be, then you want to have low rather than no duration in your portfolio.

4. Luca Maestri:

   As we're able to grow the services business, that should provide a positive (to margins), a tailwind, at the same time, within the services portfolio that we have, we have services that have different levels of profitability, so we also need to take into account the mix of services we're going to be selling.

5. Van Beurden:

   We will be doing quite a bit of portfolio high-grading on the back of the BG deal and it doesn't necessarily mean getting out of stuff. It may also mean selectively deepening in areas where we can continue to build on our strengths, you always look at whether a portfolio is deepening positions in areas or whether it is disposing of positions that are due for restructuring or where we don't see the strategic fit any more. That hasn't changed on the back of the BG deal.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=portfolio
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Portfolio
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portfolio
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=portfolio
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html