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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 117 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTFOLIO (shortened See also:form of See also:Porto See also:folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of See also:paper, See also:Lat. See also:folium, See also:leaf)  , a See also:case for keeping papers, documents, prints, maps, &c., usually a See also:leather See also:book-See also:cover with a flexible back . As the See also:official documents of a See also:state See also:department are in the hands of the See also:minister of that department, the word " See also:port-See also:folio " is frequently used figuratively of the See also:office itself, particularly on the See also:continent of See also:Europe, where the " See also:portfolio " is the See also:symbol of office, as, in See also:English usage, the " See also:seals " are for the secretaryships of state . The phrase " minister without port-folio " is applied to a member of a See also:ministry to whom no See also:special department is assigned .

End of Article: PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)
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