portfolio
pronunciation
How to pronounce portfolio in British English:
UK [pɔːtˈfəʊliəʊ]
How to pronounce portfolio in American English:
US [pɔːrtˈfoʊlioʊ]
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- Noun:
- a case for carrying papers or drawings or maps; usually leather
- a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution
- the role of the head of a government department
Word Origin
- portfolio
- portfolio: see port
- portfolio (n.)
- 1722, porto folio; 1719 as port folio, from Italian portafoglio "a case for carrying loose papers," from porta, imperative of portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)) + foglio "sheet, leaf," from Latin folium (see folio). Meaning "official documents of a state department" is from 1835. A minister without portfolio is one not in charge of a particular department. Meaning "collection of securities held" is from 1930; portfolio investment is from 1955.
Example
- 1. Is someone insane for wanting to protect their portfolio ?
- 2. Private equity firms are generally active board members of their portfolio companies .
- 3. ( Full disclosure : tracx , 10gen and savingstar are flybridge portfolio companies )
- 4. And we 're also not building the portfolio on a single point of view .
- 5. The authors stopped constructing their portfolio at the end of 2011 .