different between portfolio vs briefcase

English

Etymology

From Italian portafoglio; cognate with French portefeuille (“folder, wallet”), from Latin port?re (“to carry”) and folium (“sheet”). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??t?fo?.li?o?/, /-o?l.jo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??t?f??.li???/, /-??l.j??/
• Rhymes: -??lj??

Noun

portfolio (plural portfolios)

1. A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]
3. (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
4. (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]

   Synonym: ministry

6. (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]
7. (business) A collection of assets generally.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 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.

8. A range of products.

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: portfólio, portfolio, portefólio

Translations

See also

• blad
• curriculum vitae
• repertoire

Further reading

• portfolio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

portfolio

1. portfolio

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

portfolio m (plural portfolios)

1. portfolio

Polish

Etymology

From English portfolio, from Italian portafoglio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?r?tf?.l??/

Noun

portfolio n (indeclinable)

1. portfolio (case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents)

Further reading

• portfolio in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• portfolio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

brief +? case

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?i?f?ke?s/

Noun

briefcase (plural briefcases)

1. A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.
2. (computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.

Synonyms

• attaché case

Translations

Further reading

• briefcase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Briefcase (Microsoft Windows) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia