Sample sentences for PORTFOLIO

3 meanings

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1 —as in:
a leather portfolio

Definition

a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

The papers are in my portfolio.

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She never goes to a meeting without her portfolio.

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

Captain Rhallon shrugged and pulled a portfolio from his briefcase.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers

Yeah, the studio classes here are supposed to be great, so I felt like it was a good chance to work on my technique before portfolios are due for college apps.
Madeleine Roux -- Asylum

portfolios = examples of creative work

Grand, too, looked tired and overwrought; he kept pacing up and down the room, opening and closing a portfolio crammed with sheets of manuscript that lay on the table.
Albert Camus -- The Plague

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

"Understood," said David, taking a portfolio from the Director.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

I was delighted to believe it, and when I went into society I used to carry her pictures with me in a portfolio and hand them round to the company.
Henry James -- The American

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

At this moment the study door opened, and a military man, with a portfolio under his arm, came out talking loudly, and after bidding good-bye to someone inside, took his departure.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

And with that he thrust his portfolio, his tin of crayons, and his rolled-up sheet of paper into her hands and he set off at a trot down to the gates, his shoulders hunched against the driving rain.
Neil Gaiman -- The Graveyard Book

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.

Afterward, Annie had, at Mae's insistence, shown her some documents, ancient yellowed papers detailing their family history, a beautiful black portfolio of genealogies, scholarly articles, pictures of grave old men with extravagant sideburns standing near rough-hewn cabins.
Dave Eggers -- The Circle

portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers

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2 —as in:
showed her creative portfolio

Definition

a collection of examples of creative work

I showed her my portfolio of photographs.

portfolio = collection of examples of creative work

Other Uses (with this meaning)

Starting in high school, we are instructed to keep a portfolio of our work.

portfolio = collection of examples of creative work

We're adding it to our portfolio to show prospective clients.

portfolio = collection of examples of creative work

Then I saw what he meant: I was supposed to bring something called "a portfolio of recent work," which meant pictures, so he could judge me.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye

portfolio = a collection of examples of creative work

Norah complained that he was becoming obsessed with photography—why else would he bring his portfolio on vacation?
Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter

portfolio = collection of examples of creative work

Lori, because of her good grades and art portfolio, had been accepted into a government-sponsored summer camp for students with special aptitudes.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

portfolio = a collection of creative work used as an example of someone's work

Then he shows me another drawing he's added to his portfolio,
Katja Millay -- The Sea of Tranquility

portfolio = collection of examples of creative work

We have to write our own poems in a "poetry portfolio."
Lincoln Pierce -- Big Nate - In a Class by Himself

portfolio = a collection of examples of creative work

I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

portfolio = a flat, thin case holding creative works

I went in, and stood while Mr. Hrbik sat, going through my portfolio, which was spread out on his desk.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye

portfolio = a collection of examples of creative work

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3 —as in:
investment portfolio

Definition

all the investments held by an individual or organization

Keep a diversified portfolio to reduce risk.

portfolio = collection of investments

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She wants to reduce the risk in her portfolio.

portfolio = collection of investments

He also had a decent stock portfolio, which he monitored on his laptop during the few hours of downtime.
Mark Owen -- No Easy Day

portfolio = collection of investments

This is a big loan, Ginny. One of the biggest in our portfolio now, though I shouldn't be telling you that.
Jane Smiley -- A Thousand Acres

portfolio = all the investments held by an individual or organization

Uncle Pete had a chunk of Happicuppa stock in his portfolio, and not just a little chunk.
Margaret Atwood -- Oryx and Crake

portfolio = collection of investments

A Merrill Lynch portfolio in an Atlanta office had a balance of almost $7 million.
John Grisham -- Sycamore Row

portfolio = collection of investments

...had gone a bit bonkers at the end and invested more than fifty percent of the portfolio in VistaBank, a commercial-banking monster, for "sentimental reasons"
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch

portfolio = all the investments held by an individual

Between September of 1983 and November of 1985, John Alfred Hammond and his "Pachyderm Portfolio" raised $870 million in venture capital to finance his proposed corporation, International Genetic Technologies, Inc.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

portfolio = group of investments

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Less commonly:

Much more rarely, portfolio can reference:

a variety of related things — as in "Nuclear energy should be part of a wide portfolio of low-carbon energy sources."
the role or responsibilities of the head of a government department — as in: "She holds the portfolio for foreign affairs."

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