portfolio

portfolio
[[t]pɔː(r)tfo͟ʊlioʊ[/t]]
portfolios
1) N-COUNT A portfolio is a set of pictures by someone, or photographs of examples of their work, which they use when entering competitions or applying for work.

After dinner that evening, Edith showed them a portfolio of her own political cartoons.

2) N-COUNT In finance, a portfolio is the combination of shares or other investments that a particular person or company has.

Short-term securities can also be held as part of an investment portfolio.

...Roger Early, a portfolio manager at Federated Investors Corp.

3) N-COUNT In politics, a portfolio is a minister's responsibility for a particular area of a government's activities.

He has held the defence portfolio since the first free elections in 1990.

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PHRASE: minister inflects A minister without portfolio is a politician who is given the rank of minister without being given responsibility for any particular area of a government's activities. [FORMAL]

He was appointed government leader in the senate, and minister without portfolio.

4) N-COUNT A company's portfolio of products or designs is their range of products or designs. [FORMAL]

The company has continued to invest heavily in a strong portfolio of products.

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English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Portfolio — Portfolio …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Portfolio — may refer to:* Portfolio (finance), a collection of investments held by an institution or a private individual * Portfolio (government), the post and responsibilities of a head of a government department * Portfolio (album), an album by Grace… …   Wikipedia

  • Portfolio — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El Portfolio europeo de las lenguas (PEL) es un documento personal potenciado por el Consejo de Europa, en el que el usuario o alumno que está aprendiendo una lengua bien en un contexto escolar, bien fuera de él… …   Wikipedia Español

  • portfolio — [ pɔrtfɔljo ] n. m. • v. 1970; mot angl. « portefeuille » (1722); empr. it. portafogli ♦ Ensemble de photographies ou de gravures, non reliées, présenté dans un coffret, une pochette. On trouve parfoisporte folio [ pɔrt(ə)fɔljo ] . ● portfolio… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • portfolio — port·fo·lio /pōrt fō lē ō/ n: the securities held by an investor: the commercial paper held by a financial institution (as a bank) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. portfolio …   Law dictionary

  • Portfolio — Port*fol io, n. [F. portefeuille; porter to carry + feuille a leaf. See {Port} to carry, and {Folio}.] 1. A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • portfólio — s. m. O mesmo que portefólio.   ‣ Etimologia: inglês portfolio …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Portfolĭo — (ital., so v.w. Portefeuille), Zeitschrift, welche in 45 Nummern vom 21. Novbr. 1825 bis zum 27. Mai 1837 in London erschien (erst vom Buchhändler Ridgway, dann von den Gebrüdern Schoberl herausgeg.) u. geheime Staatsacten aus der neuesten… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Portfolĭo — (v. ital. Portafogli[o], soviel wie Portefeuille), eine Sammlung wichtiger diplomatischer Dokumente, die der Russenfeind Urquhart (s. d.) 1835–1837 zu London in 45 Nummern herausgegeben hat; die wichtigsten waren russische Depeschen von 1826 bis… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Portfolio — Portfolio, ital., was Portefeuille; dann Zeitschrift, von der in London (vom Nov. 1835 bis Mai 1837) 45 Nummern herauskamen, diplomatische Aktenstücke, die namentlich die russ. Politik bloßstellen sollten; als Herausgeber gilt Urquuhart, der… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • portfolio — m. Porfolio …   Enciclopedia Universal

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