portfolio
noun /pɔːtˈfəʊliəʊ/
/pɔːrtˈfəʊliəʊ/
(plural portfolios)
- I left my portfolio on the train.
- She spent most of last year getting her portfolio together.
- an investment/share portfolio
- a portfolio manager
WordfinderTopics Moneyc1- asset
- bond
- capital
- dividend
- equity
- fund
- interest
- invest
- portfolio
- share
- (especially British English, formal) the particular area of responsibility of a government minister
- the defence portfolio
- a ministerial portfolio
- She resigned her portfolio.
- He was asked to join as a minister without portfolio (= one without responsibility for a particular government department).
- the range of products or services offered by a particular company or organization
- a portfolio of wines
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Italian portafogli, from portare ‘carry’ + foglio ‘leaf’ (from Latin folium).