Topic: ARTS
| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | Italian |
| Origin: | portafoglio, from portare 'to carry' + foglio 'leaf, sheet' |
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port‧fo‧li‧o
plural portfolios [countable]
plural portfolios [countable]1D a large flat case used especially for carrying pictures, documents etc
2AV a set of pictures or other pieces of work that an artist, photographer etc has done :
You'll need to prepare a portfolio of your work.
You'll need to prepare a portfolio of your work.3BF a group of stocks owned by a particular person or company :
an investment portfolio
an investment portfolio4 British EnglishPG the work that a particular government official is responsible for :
the foreign affairs portfolio
the foreign affairs portfolio