Portfolio

Noun

 * 1) A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
 * 2) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
 * 3)  The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.
 * 4) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.

Thesaurus
baton, book end, book support, book table, book tray, book truck, bookcase, bookholder, bookrack, bookrest, bookshelf, bookstack, bookstand, caduceus, callable securities, cats and dogs, certificate of deposit, chain of office, corporation securities, crook, crosier, cross-staff, fasces, folder, folio, foreign securities, futures contract, gavel, government securities, junior securities, listed securities, mace, mantle, marketable securities, municipal securities, negotiable securities, noncallable securities, note, outstanding securities, over-the-counter securities, revolving bookcase, rod, rod of office, scepter, securities, senior securities, short-term note, stack, staff, stocks and bonds, subject to call, treasury bill, treasury bond, treasury certificate, treasury note, truncheon, undigested securities, unregistered securities, wand, wand of office, warrant

Etymology
From Italian; cognate with the French portefeuille: ("folder, wallet"), from the Latin verb portare: ("to carry") and folium: ("sheet"). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: aktatáska, irattáska, mappa


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Greek: δείγμα εργασίας
 * Hungarian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: портфо́лио (portfólio)
 * Spanish: carpeta de trabajos


 * Finnish: ministerinsalkku
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: (министе́рский) портфе́ль ((ministérskij) portfél')
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: arvopaperisalkku, osakesalkku
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:


 * Russian: портфе́ль це́нных бума́г (portfél' tsénnyh bumág), портфе́льные инвести́ции (portfélnyje investítsii)
 * Spanish:



Noun

 * 1) portfolio