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Webster 1913 Edition
Portfolio
Port-fol′io
,Noun.
1.
A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.
2.
Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet;
as, to receive the
portfolio
of war; to resign the portfolio
.Webster 1828 Edition
Portfolio
PORTFOLIO
,Noun.
To have or hold the portfolio, is to hold the office of minister of foreign affairs.
Definition 2024
portfolio
portfolio
English
Noun
portfolio (plural portfolios)
- A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
- 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.
- The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
- 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.
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- (business) A collection of assets generally.
- I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.
- a range of products - a 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
Noun
portfolio
Declension
| Inflection of portfolio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | portfolio | portfoliot | |
| genitive | portfolion | portfolioiden portfolioitten |
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| partitive | portfoliota | portfolioita | |
| illative | portfolioon | portfolioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | portfolio | portfoliot | |
| accusative | nom. | portfolio | portfoliot |
| gen. | portfolion | ||
| genitive | portfolion | portfolioiden portfolioitten |
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| 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 | |