Portfolio

/pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
2. (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
3. (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.
4. (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
5. (business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets, (rarely) also liabilities.
6. A range of products.

Example Sentences

He opened an embroidered portfolio; and, from its perfumed depths, took out a letter, which he began to read aloud.

Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.

In the past, thoughts were too real to be kept like a cultural portfolio of stocks and bonds. But now we have mental assets.

Father: Darling, and no disrespect to you, Vicar, but what I'm thinking is this. How about a mixed portfolio, whereby we spread him through Judaism, Islam, Hindu, and so on, maintaining a firm base in the Church of England? Mother: It does sound safer. Father: Exactly.

Promising to protect the welfare state while adding further obligations to its portfolio has become customary for SPD and Greens.

product portfolio

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