Definition of "portfolio" []

• A portable case for holding material, such as loose papers, photographs, or drawings. (noun)
• The materials collected in such a case, especially when representative of a person's work: a photographer's portfolio; an artist's portfolio of drawings. (noun)
• The office or post of a cabinet member or minister of state. (noun)
• A group of investments held by an investor, investment company, or financial institution. (noun)

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• "The term portfolio management refers to any strategy that protects profits, creates a range of choices, or reduces market risks."
• "Steve, another product area just as another example, current limit switches, we have done a very good job of expanding our product into what we call portfolio which is described as a part that can go into many applications, many customers, and the current limit switch line has grown significantly going after."
• "Paying 1.5% or so on such a portfolio is then a small price to pay."