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portfolio
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)
- A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]
- (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
- (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]
- Synonym: ministry
- (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]
- (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.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 378]:
- 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
- portfolio
Declension
French
Pronunciation
Noun
portfolio m (plural portfolios)
- portfolio
Polish
Etymology
From English portfolio, from Italian portafoglio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?r?tf?.l??/
Noun
portfolio n (indeclinable)
- 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
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report
English
Etymology
From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, Middle French reporter, and their source, Latin report?re (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + port?re.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???p??t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???p??t/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /???po?t/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /???po(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /???po?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
report (third-person singular simple present reports, present participle reporting, simple past and past participle reported)
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). [from 15th c.]
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). [from 15thc.]
- (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th-18thc.]
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15thc.]
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). [from 19thc.]
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. [from 19thc.]
- (transitive, intransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. [from 19thc.]
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
- In January, the country’s weather agency sent aircraft to release chemicals into clouds over the Yellow Sea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe.
- (politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (obsolete) To refer.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- Baldwin, his son, […] succeeded his father; so like unto him that we report the reader to the character of King Almerick, and will spare the repeating his description.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
Derived terms
- aforereported
- reporter
- underreport
- unreported
Translations
Noun
report (plural reports)
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- Reputation.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- I love thee in such sort / As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 34
- While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- […] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 34
- An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Synonym: subordinate
Derived terms
- (piece of information): on report, report card
- (employee): direct report, indirect report
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (rep?to), ???? (rip?to)
Translations
Further reading
- Report on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Report in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Perrot, Porter, perrot, porret, porter, pretor, proter, troper
French
Etymology
deverbal of reporter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p??/
Noun
report m (plural reports)
- postponement
- deferment
Synonyms
- ajournement
Further reading
- “report” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- porter
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