portfolios

Variant of portfolio

portfolio definition

port·fo·lio (pôrt fō′lē ō′)

noun pl. portfolios -·lios′

  1. a flat, portable case, usually of leather, for carrying loose sheets of paper, manuscripts, and drawings; briefcase
  2. such a case for state documents
  3. the office of a minister of state or member of a cabinet
    1. all the securities held for investment as by an individual, bank, investment company, etc.
    2. a list of such securities
  5. a selection of representative works, as of an artist

Etymology: earlier porto folio < It portafoglio < portare (< L: see fare), to carry + foglio (< L folium: see foliate), leaf

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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