| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | port·fo·li·o |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pôrt-f  l - , prt- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. port·fo·li·os
1a. A portable case for holding material, such as loose papers, photographs, or drawings. b. The materials collected in such a case, especially when representative of a person's work: a photographer's portfolio; an artist's portfolio of drawings. 2. The office or post of a cabinet member or minister of state. 3. A group of investments held by an investor, investment company, or financial institution. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian portafoglio : porta-, from portare, to carry (from Latin port re; see per-2 in Appendix I) + foglio, sheet (from Latin folium, leaf; see bhel-3 in Appendix I).
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