Folio vs Portfolio - What's the difference?
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A leaf of a book or manuscript.
(paper) A sheet of paper once folded.
(books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
(printing) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
A page of a book.
(accounting) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents.
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.
The group of investments and other assets held by an investor.
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, title= A collection of assets generally.
As nouns the difference between portfolio and folio
is that portfolio is a case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents while folio is a leaf of a book or manuscript.As a verb folio is
to put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.folio
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* F, f, fo,Derived terms
* folio post * elephant folio * atlas folio * double elephant folioportfolio
English
(wikipedia portfolio)Noun
(en noun)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
- I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.