portfolio

SYLLABICATION:	port�fo�li�o
PRONUNCIATION:	p�rt-fl-, prt-
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. port�fo�li�os 1a. A portable case for holding material, such as loose papers, photographs, or drawings. b. The materials collected in such a case, especially when representative of a person's work: a photographer's portfolio; an artist's portfolio of drawings. 2. The office or post of a cabinet member or minister of state. 3. A group of investments held by an investor, investment company, or financial institution.
ETYMOLOGY:	Italian portafoglio : porta-, from portare, to carry (from Latin portre; see per-^2 in Appendix I) + foglio, sheet (from Latin folium, leaf; see bhel-^3 in Appendix I).