portfolion.

Brit.

/pɔːtˈfəʊlɪəʊ/, U.S.

/pɔrtˈfoʊlioʊ/

Forms: 1700s portefolio, 1700s porto folio, 1700s–1800s port folio, 1700s– portfolio.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian portafoglio.

Etymology: < Italian portafoglio case or stiff folder for holding papers, prints, etc. (a1556 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from the 19th cent.; also as portafogli (1804)), office or area of responsibility of a government minister (1797), range of investments held by an institution or individual (1916) < porta , imperative of portare to carry (a1250; < classical Latin portāre port v.²) + foglio leaf, sheet of paper (late 13th cent.; < classical Latin folium leaf: see foil n.¹), after French portefeuille portefeuille n. With the sense development in English compare French portefeuille and earlier portefeuille n.; the form of the first element was apparently also partially remodelled after either French portefeuille or portefeuille n.With without portfolio at Phrases compare French sans portefeuille (1835 in ministre sans portefeuille), Italian senza portafoglio (1849 in ministri senza portafoglio).

a. A case or stiff folder for holding papers, prints, drawings, maps, etc. Also figurative.Sometimes in the form of a large book cover with fixed sheets of paper between which specimens are placed.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for papers, maps, music, etc.

portefeuillea1671

portfolio1713

solander1788

spring-back1863

filer1874

1713 Bibliotheca Selectissima (title page) There is a Capital Picture of Nicola Poussin, and two Excellent Heads, with three Porto Folio's of Original Italian Drawings.

1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 13 Another Porto Folio, all of Raffaele.

1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 215 More than 3000 MSS. maps and drawings were kept in their portefolios.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 309 An huge port-folio of Miss' or Master's early school drawings.

1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. June 49 The Doctor forward stepp'd to show, The wealth of his port-folio.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. ix. 74 His servant..placed his portfolios and letter-boxes on the table.

1888 W. Rye Records & Record-searching 13 Clips like music-books with springs at the back..are better than a loose portfolio.

1939 ‘F. O'Brien’ At Swim-Two-Birds 69 I recollect that I abstracted it from the portfolio in which I kept my writings.

1992 R. Perle Hard Line ii. viii. 87 There were stacks of manila folders containing God-knows-what, correspondence files, portfolios of clippings, [etc.].

b. Such a case containing the official documents of a state department; (hence) the office or area of responsibility of a cabinet minister. Also in extended use.Originally used with reference to government in France.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > office or position of

ministership1567

ministryship1730

portefeuille1756

portfolio1781

1781 J. O. Justamond tr. B.-F.-J. Mouffle d'Angerville Private Life Lewis XV IV. 257 He took it for granted that they were all in that Minister's portfolio, and dismissed him without suffering him to open it.

1807 Times 26 Jan. 5/3 Baron de Stein has provisionally the Portfolio of Foreign Affairs.

1860 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. I. ii. 46 On the other side of the Channel, the Minister bears his portfolio, here the Secretary bears his seal.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 2/2 It seems hard that Lord Salisbury may do with impunity..what would cost Lord Rosebery not merely his windows but his portfolio.

1955 Times 27 Aug. 5/6 He lost his portfolio when General Smuts became Prime Minister and has been absent from the political scene since.

1987 N. Ward Dawson's Govt. Canada (ed. 6) vi. 120 The Progressive Conservative party..assigned two MPs to study each portfolio in the cabinet, the leading member of each pair belonging to what is popularly called the ‘shadow cabinet’.

1994 United Church Observer Mar. 17/2 Rev. Paul Newman..holds the interfaith portfolio for the Division of World Outreach.

c. A selection of artwork, reproductions, etc., contained in such a case. Hence: a collection of samples of a person's work, typically intended to convey the quality and breadth of his or her achievement in a particular field.

ΚΠ

1813 Times 3 May 1/1 The 200 next drawn tickets, will receive a complete portfolio of Botanical Prints, valued at 50l each.

1893 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 23 Apr. Miss Jennie New of the shorthand department has completed her portfolio of work for exhibition at the World's fair.

1933 N.Y. Times 17 Sept. xii. 12/3 (advt.) This gentleman would like to re-enter advertising work... He will be glad to submit a portfolio of his work.

1959 College Art Jrnl. 18 246/1 He finds no fault with the drawings or the printing of the portfolio.

2005 Game Developer June–July 36/2 The biggest drawback to using a web site as a primary vehicle for your portfolio is that bandwidth and storage costs may make it hard to showcase animations, turntables, or 3D models.

a. Finance. A range of investments (usually in stocks or shares) held by an institution or individual; a list of such investments.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > collection or list of

portfolio1848

active list1857

most active list1885

listing1909

investment portfolio1912

1848 Times 28 Nov. 5/2 The portfolio has experienced no alteration either in Paris or in the branches.

1882 Times 20 Mar. 11/1 The National Bank, instead of having recourse to its portfolio of bills on Germany..has forwarded the whole sum of 20-franc pieces to the Bank of France.

1928 Weekly Disp. 24 June 6/4 The Union Pacific's portfolio [of outside investments] is one of the biggest potential ‘melons’ on the American horizon.

1948 Economist 3 Jan. 29/2 The banks last year took a hard knock on their gilt-edged portfolios.

1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 199 Just as an investor tries to select a portfolio of shares to give him a good return without too much risk, so the Board of a company tries to do the same thing when choosing a ‘portfolio’ of subsidiary companies.

1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 24 Apr. iii. 7/2 Many corporations hedge their portfolios so they can plan their finances without worrying about changing rates.

b. gen. A range of products, services, assets, or qualities offered or possessed. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1933 Chicago Tribune 19 Nov. vi. 2/2 Other booklets in our fast-growing portfolio of service material:..‘Advice to Women’,..‘West Point Excercises’, [etc.].

1963 E. C. Bursk & J. F. Chapman New Decision-making Tools for Managers xiii. 326 Top management..concerns itself largely with coordination, financial problems, and with building up a balanced ‘portfolio of products’ within the corporate structure.

1977 Times 2 Dec. 23/4 The engineers of tomorrow..will need a new portfolio of skills.

2000 Daily Tel. 7 July 35/2 AstraZeneca, which has a strong oncology portfolio, is thought to be the prime candidate to pick up Kytril.

Phrases

without portfolio. Usually as postmodifier.

a. Of a Government minister or position: having cabinet or equivalent rank but without responsibility for a specific department; usually in Minister without Portfolio.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [adjective] > type of minister

without portfolio1831

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > types of

first secretary1562

Secretary of State1589

Minister of State1595

Minister without Portfolio1831

1831 Times 15 Mar. 3/4 The following are the members who compose the new [French] Ministry:—M. Cassimir Perier, President, without portfolio.

1832 Times 3 Nov. 5/2 M. Dupont had the seals and was Minister of Justice, whilst M. Dupin was a Minister without portfolio.

1891 W. Fraser Disraeli & his Day 370 At the time when Lord John Russell held office under Lord Aberdeen ‘without portfolio’, Disraeli made a very happy hit.

1915 Hansard Commons 72 p. iv Minister without Portfolio—Rt. Hon. the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G.

1946 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 12 271 After some hesitation..the sole Liberal was made a member of the Cabinet without portfolio.

2005 Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) (Nexis) 19 Aug. a6 Ms. Canfield..was both minister without portfolio and minister responsible for the P.E.I. Housing Authority in the Alex Campbell government.

b. In extended use: having a position or status without the concomitant affiliations or responsibilities, or without official acknowledgement; unofficial, unauthorized, not legitimate.

ΚΠ

1935 Jrnl. Higher Ed. 6 165 He [sc. the President of Harvard] proposes the need of a certain number of professors with ‘roving commissions’, professors ‘without portfolio’.., whose interests cross departmental barriers.

1970 Family Coordinator 19 10/1 She let me know..that my place there was as an interloper, and that my opinions, feelings, perhaps even humanness were totally without portfolio.

1998 PMLA 113 367 An ambassador without portfolio in the court of this literature, Hill was absorbed in black literature and music decades before the entry of black studies into the academy.

2005 Guardian (Nexis) 18 July 14 Enforcer-without-portfolio, Sejanus did all the dirty work required to maintain absolute power, so that Tiberius himself could remain imperially aloof,..piously regretting each new atrocity.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

portfolio capital n.

ΚΠ

1955 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 37 233/1 The increase in foreign lending was thus one of short-term and long-term portfolio capital only.

2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 15 June 2316/2 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio capital flows began to predominate over other forms of capital inflows.

portfolio form n.

ΚΠ

1881 Times 27 June 18/1 The work, which is issued in portfolio form, will make a very handsome agreeable present.

1902 Daily Chron. 1 Oct. 3/4 The present monograph will be in portfolio form, with many illustrations.

2003 Printing World (Nexis) 9 Oct. 20 The collection, retailing at £27 per roll at Cole & Son, is now available to the trade in portfolio form.

portfolio manager n.

ΚΠ

1936 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 17 June 27/5 That's just about the time investment portfolio managers pick up some so-called cheap stock.

1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 June c1/4 Some portfolio managers are getting edgy about U.S. stocks.

portfolio official n.

ΚΠ

1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood iv. i. 322 They [sc. the Bolsheviks] cleaned up the site and then they jerry-built some unattractive sheds... A sort of mushroom growth of nasty little portfolio officials may have sprung up on the clearing.

1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 24 Oct. a45 State housing agencies typically have one portfolio official for every 15 properties.

portfolio policy n.

ΚΠ

1935 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 50 111 These changes may possibly have considerable influence upon the portfolio policies of member banks.

2004 Best's Rev. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 93 This helps companies get a lot of very detailed information on individual locations and individual properties before they even get added to their portfolio policies.

portfolio security n.

ΚΠ

1932 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 17 Feb. 6/5 The banks will not tie up unduly too much of their own portfolio securities behind government deposits.

1989 W. Boroson Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds xxiv. 72 Current return generally consists of..net short-term gains from sales of portfolio securities.

portfolio selection n.

ΚΠ

1952 Jrnl. Finance 7 77 (title) Portfolio selection.

2004 Jrnl. Portfolio Managem. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 103 Several alternatives to the Sharpe ratio for optimal portfolio selection have been proposed such as the minimax ratio, the stable ratio, the mean absolute deviation ratio, [etc.].

C2. attributive. British. Designating, involving, or following a pattern of employment characterized by a succession of short-term contracts or part-time work, rather than the more traditional career model of a long-term, full-time job. Esp. in portfolio career, portfolio worker.The term is strongly associated with the work of Charles Handy (b. 1932), Irish-born writer and teacher on management and business.

ΚΠ

1984 C. Handy Future of Work 173 The portfolio flexilives that are likely to be forced upon us by the changing future of work may push us into discovering that we all have unused capacities within us.

1988 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 59 686 Two other findings..provide further support for a portfolio model of careers.

1989 C. Handy Age of Unreason vii. 151 The free worker is by temperament a portfolio worker as is the working mother who has always had to juggle the demands of her time.

1998 Independent on Sunday 5 July (Real Life section) 3/3 What we are seeing is a shift to portfolio employment, which is freelance to all intents and purposes.

2000 H. Simpson Hey Yeah Right (2001) 92 Her latest talk was of being an events organiser, of how she was going to have a portfolio career and lots of fun.

C3.

portfolio-hunter n. rare a politician who persistently seeks ministerial appointment; cf. place-hunter n.

ΚΠ

1899 Westm. Gaz. 13 June 1/2 Falls of Cabinets have become a custom and startle only Portfolio-hunters.

portfolio insurance n. Finance an investment strategy or method, such as buying or selling particular kinds of stocks given specific market conditions, designed to protect a portfolio of investments.

ΚΠ

1953 Jrnl. Finance 8 259 Lenders had the option of choosing either a portfolio insurance basis or an individual loan guaranty basis.

1988 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 3 Jan. f1 Portfolio insurance required selling stock index futures contracts when stock prices started to fall.

portfolio investment n. investment in a range of stocks or shares.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > share-buying activities

subscribing1762

flyer1846

bearing1849

stagging1851

take-up1865

bear covering1881

straddle1883

portfolio investment1929

short covering1930

support buying1932

foreign portfolio investment1951

corporate raiding1957

leveraged1957

tender offer1964

buy-in1968

management buyout1977

bought deal1981

greenmail1983

MBO1986

bimbo1991

1929 Times 13 Dec. 22/3 An amount of the loan not exceeding 100,000,000p. is to be set aside for the Bank of Spain as a temporary portfolio investment.

1992 J. M. Bumsted Peoples of Canada ii. 34 Portfolio investment represents money borrowed against securities, in this period mainly bonds.

portfolio stand n. a piece of furniture for holding portfolios, drawings, music, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > for holding portfolios

Canterbury1803

portfolio stand1828

1828 Times 1 May 3/6 (advt.) Cheffoniers and portfolio stands, chairs, couches, and fauteuils, in solid rosewood.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. i. 20 In his portfolio-stands..were the entire series of the illustrations to Scott, to Byron.

2002 Boston Globe (Nexis) 24 Nov. m30 A 19th-century American Gothic burled walnut portfolio stand from Salisbury.

Derivatives

portˈfolioed adj. furnished with, having, or owning a portfolio (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [adjective] > furnished with portfolio

portfolioed1848

1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 185 All portfolioed, all hand~booked..without compassion or conscience.

1892 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 6/2 Bewailing the consequences of portfolioed incapacity.

1943 Times 17 Sept. 3/3 The Country Party will have nine Ministers with portfolios and three honorary Ministers, and the United Australia Party three portfolioed Ministers and two honorary.

2002 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 7 Sept. h1 Even the least-portfolioed among us stands to gain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	portfolio
释义	portfolion. Brit. /pɔːtˈfəʊlɪəʊ/, U.S. /pɔrtˈfoʊlioʊ/ Forms: 1700s portefolio, 1700s porto folio, 1700s–1800s port folio, 1700s– portfolio. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian portafoglio. Etymology: < Italian portafoglio case or stiff folder for holding papers, prints, etc. (a1556 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from the 19th cent.; also as portafogli (1804)), office or area of responsibility of a government minister (1797), range of investments held by an institution or individual (1916) < porta , imperative of portare to carry (a1250; < classical Latin portāre port v.²) + foglio leaf, sheet of paper (late 13th cent.; < classical Latin folium leaf: see foil n.¹), after French portefeuille portefeuille n. With the sense development in English compare French portefeuille and earlier portefeuille n.; the form of the first element was apparently also partially remodelled after either French portefeuille or portefeuille n.With without portfolio at Phrases compare French sans portefeuille (1835 in ministre sans portefeuille), Italian senza portafoglio (1849 in ministri senza portafoglio). 1. a. A case or stiff folder for holding papers, prints, drawings, maps, etc. Also figurative.Sometimes in the form of a large book cover with fixed sheets of paper between which specimens are placed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [noun] > for papers, maps, music, etc. portefeuillea1671 portfolio1713 solander1788 spring-back1863 filer1874 1713 Bibliotheca Selectissima (title page) There is a Capital Picture of Nicola Poussin, and two Excellent Heads, with three Porto Folio's of Original Italian Drawings. 1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 13 Another Porto Folio, all of Raffaele. 1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 215 More than 3000 MSS. maps and drawings were kept in their portefolios. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 309 An huge port-folio of Miss' or Master's early school drawings. 1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. June 49 The Doctor forward stepp'd to show, The wealth of his port-folio. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. ix. 74 His servant..placed his portfolios and letter-boxes on the table. 1888 W. Rye Records & Record-searching 13 Clips like music-books with springs at the back..are better than a loose portfolio. 1939 ‘F. O'Brien’ At Swim-Two-Birds 69 I recollect that I abstracted it from the portfolio in which I kept my writings. 1992 R. Perle Hard Line ii. viii. 87 There were stacks of manila folders containing God-knows-what, correspondence files, portfolios of clippings, [etc.]. b. Such a case containing the official documents of a state department; (hence) the office or area of responsibility of a cabinet minister. Also in extended use.Originally used with reference to government in France. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > office or position of ministership1567 ministryship1730 portefeuille1756 portfolio1781 1781 J. O. Justamond tr. B.-F.-J. Mouffle d'Angerville Private Life Lewis XV IV. 257 He took it for granted that they were all in that Minister's portfolio, and dismissed him without suffering him to open it. 1807 Times 26 Jan. 5/3 Baron de Stein has provisionally the Portfolio of Foreign Affairs. 1860 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. I. ii. 46 On the other side of the Channel, the Minister bears his portfolio, here the Secretary bears his seal. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 2/2 It seems hard that Lord Salisbury may do with impunity..what would cost Lord Rosebery not merely his windows but his portfolio. 1955 Times 27 Aug. 5/6 He lost his portfolio when General Smuts became Prime Minister and has been absent from the political scene since. 1987 N. Ward Dawson's Govt. Canada (ed. 6) vi. 120 The Progressive Conservative party..assigned two MPs to study each portfolio in the cabinet, the leading member of each pair belonging to what is popularly called the ‘shadow cabinet’. 1994 United Church Observer Mar. 17/2 Rev. Paul Newman..holds the interfaith portfolio for the Division of World Outreach. c. A selection of artwork, reproductions, etc., contained in such a case. Hence: a collection of samples of a person's work, typically intended to convey the quality and breadth of his or her achievement in a particular field. ΚΠ 1813 Times 3 May 1/1 The 200 next drawn tickets, will receive a complete portfolio of Botanical Prints, valued at 50l each. 1893 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 23 Apr. Miss Jennie New of the shorthand department has completed her portfolio of work for exhibition at the World's fair. 1933 N.Y. Times 17 Sept. xii. 12/3 (advt.) This gentleman would like to re-enter advertising work... He will be glad to submit a portfolio of his work. 1959 College Art Jrnl. 18 246/1 He finds no fault with the drawings or the printing of the portfolio. 2005 Game Developer June–July 36/2 The biggest drawback to using a web site as a primary vehicle for your portfolio is that bandwidth and storage costs may make it hard to showcase animations, turntables, or 3D models. 2. a. Finance. A range of investments (usually in stocks or shares) held by an institution or individual; a list of such investments. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > collection or list of portfolio1848 active list1857 most active list1885 listing1909 investment portfolio1912 1848 Times 28 Nov. 5/2 The portfolio has experienced no alteration either in Paris or in the branches. 1882 Times 20 Mar. 11/1 The National Bank, instead of having recourse to its portfolio of bills on Germany..has forwarded the whole sum of 20-franc pieces to the Bank of France. 1928 Weekly Disp. 24 June 6/4 The Union Pacific's portfolio [of outside investments] is one of the biggest potential ‘melons’ on the American horizon. 1948 Economist 3 Jan. 29/2 The banks last year took a hard knock on their gilt-edged portfolios. 1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 199 Just as an investor tries to select a portfolio of shares to give him a good return without too much risk, so the Board of a company tries to do the same thing when choosing a ‘portfolio’ of subsidiary companies. 1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 24 Apr. iii. 7/2 Many corporations hedge their portfolios so they can plan their finances without worrying about changing rates. b. gen. A range of products, services, assets, or qualities offered or possessed. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1933 Chicago Tribune 19 Nov. vi. 2/2 Other booklets in our fast-growing portfolio of service material:..‘Advice to Women’,..‘West Point Excercises’, [etc.]. 1963 E. C. Bursk & J. F. Chapman New Decision-making Tools for Managers xiii. 326 Top management..concerns itself largely with coordination, financial problems, and with building up a balanced ‘portfolio of products’ within the corporate structure. 1977 Times 2 Dec. 23/4 The engineers of tomorrow..will need a new portfolio of skills. 2000 Daily Tel. 7 July 35/2 AstraZeneca, which has a strong oncology portfolio, is thought to be the prime candidate to pick up Kytril. Phrases without portfolio. Usually as postmodifier. a. Of a Government minister or position: having cabinet or equivalent rank but without responsibility for a specific department; usually in Minister without Portfolio. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [adjective] > type of minister without portfolio1831 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > types of first secretary1562 Secretary of State1589 Minister of State1595 Minister without Portfolio1831 1831 Times 15 Mar. 3/4 The following are the members who compose the new [French] Ministry:—M. Cassimir Perier, President, without portfolio. 1832 Times 3 Nov. 5/2 M. Dupont had the seals and was Minister of Justice, whilst M. Dupin was a Minister without portfolio. 1891 W. Fraser Disraeli & his Day 370 At the time when Lord John Russell held office under Lord Aberdeen ‘without portfolio’, Disraeli made a very happy hit. 1915 Hansard Commons 72 p. iv Minister without Portfolio—Rt. Hon. the Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G. 1946 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 12 271 After some hesitation..the sole Liberal was made a member of the Cabinet without portfolio. 2005 Guardian (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) (Nexis) 19 Aug. a6 Ms. Canfield..was both minister without portfolio and minister responsible for the P.E.I. Housing Authority in the Alex Campbell government. b. In extended use: having a position or status without the concomitant affiliations or responsibilities, or without official acknowledgement; unofficial, unauthorized, not legitimate. ΚΠ 1935 Jrnl. Higher Ed. 6 165 He [sc. the President of Harvard] proposes the need of a certain number of professors with ‘roving commissions’, professors ‘without portfolio’.., whose interests cross departmental barriers. 1970 Family Coordinator 19 10/1 She let me know..that my place there was as an interloper, and that my opinions, feelings, perhaps even humanness were totally without portfolio. 1998 PMLA 113 367 An ambassador without portfolio in the court of this literature, Hill was absorbed in black literature and music decades before the entry of black studies into the academy. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 18 July 14 Enforcer-without-portfolio, Sejanus did all the dirty work required to maintain absolute power, so that Tiberius himself could remain imperially aloof,..piously regretting each new atrocity. Compounds C1. General attributive. portfolio capital n. ΚΠ 1955 Rev. Econ. & Statistics 37 233/1 The increase in foreign lending was thus one of short-term and long-term portfolio capital only. 2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 15 June 2316/2 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio capital flows began to predominate over other forms of capital inflows. portfolio form n. ΚΠ 1881 Times 27 June 18/1 The work, which is issued in portfolio form, will make a very handsome agreeable present. 1902 Daily Chron. 1 Oct. 3/4 The present monograph will be in portfolio form, with many illustrations. 2003 Printing World (Nexis) 9 Oct. 20 The collection, retailing at £27 per roll at Cole & Son, is now available to the trade in portfolio form. portfolio manager n. ΚΠ 1936 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 17 June 27/5 That's just about the time investment portfolio managers pick up some so-called cheap stock. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 June c1/4 Some portfolio managers are getting edgy about U.S. stocks. portfolio official n. ΚΠ 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood iv. i. 322 They [sc. the Bolsheviks] cleaned up the site and then they jerry-built some unattractive sheds... A sort of mushroom growth of nasty little portfolio officials may have sprung up on the clearing. 1993 Boston Globe (Nexis) 24 Oct. a45 State housing agencies typically have one portfolio official for every 15 properties. portfolio policy n. ΚΠ 1935 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 50 111 These changes may possibly have considerable influence upon the portfolio policies of member banks. 2004 Best's Rev. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 93 This helps companies get a lot of very detailed information on individual locations and individual properties before they even get added to their portfolio policies. portfolio security n. ΚΠ 1932 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 17 Feb. 6/5 The banks will not tie up unduly too much of their own portfolio securities behind government deposits. 1989 W. Boroson Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds xxiv. 72 Current return generally consists of..net short-term gains from sales of portfolio securities. portfolio selection n. ΚΠ 1952 Jrnl. Finance 7 77 (title) Portfolio selection. 2004 Jrnl. Portfolio Managem. (Nexis) 22 Sept. 103 Several alternatives to the Sharpe ratio for optimal portfolio selection have been proposed such as the minimax ratio, the stable ratio, the mean absolute deviation ratio, [etc.]. C2. attributive. British. Designating, involving, or following a pattern of employment characterized by a succession of short-term contracts or part-time work, rather than the more traditional career model of a long-term, full-time job. Esp. in portfolio career, portfolio worker.The term is strongly associated with the work of Charles Handy (b. 1932), Irish-born writer and teacher on management and business. ΚΠ 1984 C. Handy Future of Work 173 The portfolio flexilives that are likely to be forced upon us by the changing future of work may push us into discovering that we all have unused capacities within us. 1988 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 59 686 Two other findings..provide further support for a portfolio model of careers. 1989 C. Handy Age of Unreason vii. 151 The free worker is by temperament a portfolio worker as is the working mother who has always had to juggle the demands of her time. 1998 Independent on Sunday 5 July (Real Life section) 3/3 What we are seeing is a shift to portfolio employment, which is freelance to all intents and purposes. 2000 H. Simpson Hey Yeah Right (2001) 92 Her latest talk was of being an events organiser, of how she was going to have a portfolio career and lots of fun. C3. portfolio-hunter n. rare a politician who persistently seeks ministerial appointment; cf. place-hunter n. ΚΠ 1899 Westm. Gaz. 13 June 1/2 Falls of Cabinets have become a custom and startle only Portfolio-hunters. portfolio insurance n. Finance an investment strategy or method, such as buying or selling particular kinds of stocks given specific market conditions, designed to protect a portfolio of investments. ΚΠ 1953 Jrnl. Finance 8 259 Lenders had the option of choosing either a portfolio insurance basis or an individual loan guaranty basis. 1988 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 3 Jan. f1 Portfolio insurance required selling stock index futures contracts when stock prices started to fall. portfolio investment n. investment in a range of stocks or shares. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > share-buying activities subscribing1762 flyer1846 bearing1849 stagging1851 take-up1865 bear covering1881 straddle1883 portfolio investment1929 short covering1930 support buying1932 foreign portfolio investment1951 corporate raiding1957 leveraged1957 tender offer1964 buy-in1968 management buyout1977 bought deal1981 greenmail1983 MBO1986 bimbo1991 1929 Times 13 Dec. 22/3 An amount of the loan not exceeding 100,000,000p. is to be set aside for the Bank of Spain as a temporary portfolio investment. 1992 J. M. Bumsted Peoples of Canada ii. 34 Portfolio investment represents money borrowed against securities, in this period mainly bonds. portfolio stand n. a piece of furniture for holding portfolios, drawings, music, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > stand > [noun] > for holding portfolios Canterbury1803 portfolio stand1828 1828 Times 1 May 3/6 (advt.) Cheffoniers and portfolio stands, chairs, couches, and fauteuils, in solid rosewood. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. i. 20 In his portfolio-stands..were the entire series of the illustrations to Scott, to Byron. 2002 Boston Globe (Nexis) 24 Nov. m30 A 19th-century American Gothic burled walnut portfolio stand from Salisbury. Derivatives portˈfolioed adj. furnished with, having, or owning a portfolio (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > case or container > [adjective] > furnished with portfolio portfolioed1848 1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 185 All portfolioed, all hand~booked..without compassion or conscience. 1892 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 6/2 Bewailing the consequences of portfolioed incapacity. 1943 Times 17 Sept. 3/3 The Country Party will have nine Ministers with portfolios and three honorary Ministers, and the United Australia Party three portfolioed Ministers and two honorary. 2002 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 7 Sept. h1 Even the least-portfolioed among us stands to gain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1713
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