Noun

(en noun)

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= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.

A collection of assets generally.

I would like to introduce you to our portfolio of services.

Noun

The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.

A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I??? Why didn’t I telephone??? Strategy', my dear boy, ' strategy . This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”}}

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner

, title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close

The art of using similar techniques in politics or business.