portfolio

Noun

• the role of the head of a government department
  • he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs
    

• a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution
  • they were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio
    

• a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers
  • the artist had put together a portfolio of his work
    
  • every actor has a portfolio of photographs
    

• a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather
  • he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio