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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/, /-əʊl.jəʊ/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /pɔɹtˈfoʊ.liˌoʊ/, /poɹt-/, /-oʊl.joʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /poːtˈfəʉ.liˌəʉ/, [poːtˈfɐʉ.liˌɐʉ], [-ɐʉl.jɐʉ]
• (New Zealand) IPA: /poːtˈfɐʉ.liˌɐʉ/, /-ɐʉl.jɐʉ/
• 韻: -əʊljəʊ

名詞

portfolio (plural portfolios)

1. A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Introduction”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 142:

     He opened an embroidered portfolio; and, from its perfumed depths, took out a letter, which he began to read aloud.

2. (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
3. (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]

   Synonym: ministry

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4. (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]
   • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

     Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

5. (business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets, (rarely) also liabilities.

   I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.

   • 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 378:

     In the past, thoughts were too real to be kept like a cultural portfolio of stocks and bonds. But now we have mental assets.

   • 1989 February 10, Stephen Fry et al., “Christening”, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Season 1, Episode 5:

     Father: Darling, and no disrespect to you, Vicar, but what I'm thinking is this. How about a mixed portfolio, whereby we spread him through Judaism, Islam, Hindu, and so on, maintaining a firm base in the Church of England?
     Mother: It does sound safer.
     Father: Exactly.

   • 2024 August 18, Jörg Michael Dostal, “Left Conservatism: Sahra Wagenknecht's Challenge to the German Party System”, in The Political Quarterly, volume 95, number 4, →DOI, page 644 of 634–644:

     Promising to protect the welfare state while adding further obligations to its portfolio has become customary for SPD and Greens.

6. A range of products.

   product portfolio

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: portfolio
• → Portuguese: portfólio, portfolio, portefólio (Portugal)

参考

• blad
• curriculum vitae
• repertoire

Further reading

• portfolio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia