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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-694/
- Published: 2026-07-12T18:15:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-12T18:15:48.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

portfolio (noun) -

1: a hinged cover or flexible case for carrying loose papers, pictures, or pamphlets  
2 \[from the use of such a case to carry documents of state\] : the office and functions of a minister of state or member of a cabinet  
3: the securities held by an investor : the commercial paper held by a financial house (such as a bank)  
4: a set of pictures (such as drawings or photographs) usually bound in book form or loose in a folder  
5: a selection of a student's work (such as papers and tests) compiled over a period of time and used for assessing performance or progress

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portfolio?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Portfolio is partly based on the Latin folium, meaning "leaf, sheet". A portfolio usually represents a portable showcase of your talents. Today actual portfolios are used less than they used to be by artists, since most commercial artists have a website dedicated to showing off their art. But portfolio in its other common meaning is extremely common. Not so long ago, a broker would keep each of his or her clients' investments in a separate notebook or portfolio. Today the investment portfolio, like an artist's portfolio, usually takes the form of a Web page, even though everyone still uses the same old word.

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