portfolio
IPA: pɔrtfˈoʊɫioʊ
noun
- A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
- (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
- (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department.
- (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
- (business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets.
- A range of products.
Examples of "portfolio" in Sentences
- He always carries his portfolio.
- The same is true with the portfolio stuff.
- This is the systemic risk to the portfolio.
- Day after oath, ministers squabble for portfolios.
- I like the photos of the ministers for each portfolio.
- It is part of the portfolio of the Minister for Energy.
- Cooper was given the difficult portfolio of Corrective Services.
- It produced posters, handbills, banners, and portfolio editions.
- Paying 1.5% or so on such a portfolio is then a small price to pay.
- In the Interim Government, Chundrigar took the portfolio of Commerce.
- Building a portfolio is an important step in becoming a successful writer.
- The accounts receivable portfolios of business regarding delinquency are in good shape.
- I think adding a little breadth to your portfolio is a good thing, even if it means more work for a while.
- The highly complementary nature of these two parts of our portfolio is at the heart of our competitive advantage.
- The term portfolio management refers to any strategy that protects profits, creates a range of choices, or reduces market risks.
- It's a joint venture of the New York Stock Exchange and the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation--two longstanding institutions in finance in New York that wanted to build a derivatives clearinghouse to take advantage of what we call portfolio margining.
- Steve, another product area just as another example, current limit switches, we have done a very good job of expanding our product into what we call portfolio which is described as a part that can go into many applications, many customers, and the current limit switch line has grown significantly going after.