Portfolio Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary (2024)

Other Word Forms of Portfolio

Noun

Singular:

portfolio

Plural:

portfolios

Origin of Portfolio

  • Italian portafoglio portare to carry (from Latin portāre per-2 in Indo-European roots) foglio sheet (from Latin folium leaf bhel-3 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian portafoglio; 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.

    From Wiktionary

Portfolio Sentence Examples

  • Late in the year 1813 he took up the portfolio of military affairs.

  • After the war he repeatedly declined the portfolio of war.

  • He held at the same time the portfolio of the interior.

  • She unzipped the portfolio and pulled out a large canvas that had hundreds of shoes painted in oil; every style and color imaginable.

  • In this he took the portfolio of the Interior, and the main energy of the government was devoted to the struggle with clericalism.

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