| word | portfolio |
|---|---|
| definition | (1) A flat case for carrying documents or artworks. (2) The investments owned by a person or organization. |
| eg_sentence | In those days, a graphic artist who had recently moved to New York would just schlep his portfolio around to every magazine office in the city. |
| explanation | Portfolio is partly based on the Latin folium, meaning “leaf, sheet.” A portfolio usually represents a portable showcase of your talents. Today actual portfolios are used less than they used to be by artists, since most commercial artists have a Web site dedicated to showing off their art. But portfolio in its other common meaning is extremely common. Not so long ago, a broker would keep each of his or her clients' investments in a separate notebook or portfolio. Today the investment portfolio, like an artist's portfolio, usually takes the form of a Web page, even though everyone still uses the same old word. |
| IPA | pɔrtˈfoʊliˌoʊ |
Tags: mwvb::unit:8, mwvb::unit:8:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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