portfolio

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Pronunciation

/pɔːtˈfəʊlɪəʊ/(port-FOH-lee-oh)

Part of speech

nounneutral

Chinese

投资组合；作品集；职责范围（一系列投资、作品或职责的集合）

Definition

A collection of investments, work samples, or responsibilities; a flat case for carrying documents.

Word family

  • portfoliomanagement (投资组合管理)

Collocations

  • investment portfolio
  • property portfolio
  • portfolio of work
  • diverse portfolio
  • build a portfolio
  • manage a portfolio

Examples

  1. 1.She presented her design portfolio at the interview, showcasing work from the past five years.
  2. 2.The fund maintains a diversified portfolio of assets to reduce risk in the event of market volatility.

Synonyms

  • collection/kəˈlɛkʃən/— a set of things gathered together
  • range/reɪndʒ/— a set of related things

Etymology

from Italian "portafoglio" = a case for carrying papers, from "portare" (to carry) + "foglio" (leaf, sheet)