Толковый словарь английского языка - portfolio

noun (plural -lios) see: blade Date: 1722 a hinged cover or flexible case for carrying loose papers, pictures, or pamphlets, the office and functions of a minister of state or member of a cabinet, the securities held by an investor ; the commercial paper held by a financial house (as a bank), a set of pictures (as drawings or photographs) usually bound in book form or loose in a folder, a selection of a student's work (as papers and tests) compiled over a period of time and used for assessing performance or progress