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In three years 'time his portfolio was again filled.

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  1. noun A portable case for holding material, such as loose papers, photographs, or drawings.
  2. 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.
  3. noun The office or post of a cabinet member or minister of state.

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  1. Italian portafoglio : porta-, from portare, to carry, from Latin portāre; see per-2 in Indo-European roots + foglio, sheet (from Latin folium, leaf; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Spanish portafolio = Italian portafoglio = French portefeuille, a case for carrying papers, etc.; from Latin portare, carry, + folium, a leaf: see port and folio.
 

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/poʊrtˈfoʊlɪoʊ/
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