Portfolio Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary (2024)

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.

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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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