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portfolio

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Financial, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
portfolio
1. a flat case, esp of leather, used for carrying maps, drawings, etc.
2. the contents of such a case, such as drawings, paintings, or photographs, that demonstrate recent work
3. such a case used for carrying ministerial or state papers
4. the responsibilities or role of the head of a government department
5. Minister without portfolio a cabinet minister who is not responsible for any government department


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Germaine unlocked a cabinet at the further end of the room, and returned to us, alone, carrying a small portfolio in her hand.
(Will had come to fetch a portfolio of his own sketches which he had missed in the act of packing his movables, and did not choose to leave behind.
Months afterward Jim Burden arrived at my apartment one stormy winter afternoon, with a bulging legal portfolio sheltered under his fur overcoat.
 
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