portfolio

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
portfolio
    n 1: a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or
         drawings or maps; usually leather; "he remembered her
         because she was carrying a large portfolio"
    2: a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to
       potential customers or employers; "the artist had put
       together a portfolio of his work"; "every actor has a
       portfolio of photographs"
    3: a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a
       bank or other financial institution; "they were disappointed
       by the poor returns on their stock portfolio"
    4: the role of the head of a government department; "he holds
       the portfolio for foreign affairs"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Portfolio \Port*fol"io\, n. [F. portefeuille; porter to carry +
   feuille a leaf. See {Port} to carry, and {Folio}.]
   1. A portable case for holding loose papers, prints,
      drawings, etc.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or
      member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of
      war; to resign the portfolio.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "portfolio":
      baton, book end, book support, book table, book tray, book truck,
      bookcase, bookholder, bookrack, bookrest, bookshelf, bookstack,
      bookstand, caduceus, callable securities, cats and dogs,
      certificate of deposit, chain of office, corporation securities,
      crook, crosier, cross-staff, fasces, folder, folio,
      foreign securities, futures contract, gavel, government securities,
      junior securities, listed securities, mace, mantle,
      marketable securities, municipal securities, negotiable securities,
      noncallable securities, note, outstanding securities,
      over-the-counter securities, revolving bookcase, rod,
      rod of office, scepter, securities, senior securities,
      short-term note, stack, staff, stocks and bonds, subject to call,
      treasury bill, treasury bond, treasury certificate, treasury note,
      truncheon, undigested securities, unregistered securities, wand,
      wand of office, warrant

    

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