Portfolio
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- a case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents
- the collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer
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Etymology
From Italian portafoglio; cognate with the French portefeuille ("folder, wallet"), from the Latin verb portare ("to carry") and folium ("sheet"). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.
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See also
- X Portfolio
- Artist's portfolio, a sample of an artist's work or a case used to display artwork, photographs etc.
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