portfolio
English
Etymology
From Italian portafoglio; cognate with French portefeuille (“folder, wallet”), from the Latin verb portāre (“to carry”) and folium (“sheet"”). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɔɹt.ˈfoʊ.li.oʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɔːt.ˈfəʊ.li.əʊ/
- Rhymes: -əʊljəʊ
Noun
portfolio (plural portfolios)
- A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]
- (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
- (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]
- Synonym: ministry
- (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]
- 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
- 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.
- (business) A collection of assets generally.
- I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.
- A range of products.
- product portfolio
Translations
case
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collection
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post
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investments
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See also
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of portfolio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | portfolio | portfoliot | |
| genitive | portfolion | portfolioiden portfolioitten | |
| partitive | portfoliota | portfolioita | |
| illative | portfolioon | portfolioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | portfolio | portfoliot | |
| accusative | nom. | portfolio | portfoliot |
| gen. | portfolion | ||
| genitive | portfolion | portfolioiden portfolioitten | |
| partitive | portfoliota | portfolioita | |
| inessive | portfoliossa | portfolioissa | |
| elative | portfoliosta | portfolioista | |
| illative | portfolioon | portfolioihin | |
| adessive | portfoliolla | portfolioilla | |
| ablative | portfoliolta | portfolioilta | |
| allative | portfoliolle | portfolioille | |
| essive | portfoliona | portfolioina | |
| translative | portfolioksi | portfolioiksi | |
| instructive | — | portfolioin | |
| abessive | portfoliotta | portfolioitta | |
| comitative | — | portfolioineen | |
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