Portfolio

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Portfolio \Port*fol"io\, n. [F. portefeuille; porter to carry +
     feuille a leaf. See {Port} to carry, and {Folio}.]
     1. A portable case for holding loose papers, prints,
        drawings, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or
        member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of
        war; to resign the portfolio.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  portfolio
       n 1: a case for carrying papers or drawings or maps; usually
            leather
       2: a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a
          bank or other financial institution
       3: the role of the head of a government department; "he holds
          the portfolio for foreign affairs"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "portfolio":
     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