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margin
[ mahr-jin ]
noun
- the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- an amount allowed or available beyond what is actually necessary:
to allow a margin for error.
- a limit in condition, capacity, etc., beyond or below which something ceases to exist, be desirable, or be possible:
the margin of endurance; the margin of sanity.
- a border or edge.
Antonyms: center
- Philately. selvage ( def 3 ).
- Finance.
- security, as a percentage in money, deposited with a broker by a client as a provision against loss on transactions.
- the amount representing the customer's investment or equity in such an account.
- the difference between the amount of a loan and the market value of the collateral pledged as security for it.
- Commerce. the difference between the cost and the selling price.
- an amount or degree of difference:
The measure passed by a margin of just three votes.
- Economics. the point at which the return from economic activity barely covers the cost of production, and below which production is unprofitable.
- Entomology. the border of an insect's wing.
verb (used with object)
- to provide with a margin or border.
- to furnish with marginal notes, as a document.
- to enter in the margin, as of a book.
- Finance. to deposit a margin upon.
- Stock Exchange. to purchase (securities) on margin:
That stock was heavily margined during the last month.
margin
/ ˈmɑːdʒɪn; ˈmɑːdʒənt /
noun
- an edge or rim, and the area immediately adjacent to it; border
- the blank space surrounding the text on a page
- a vertical line on a page, esp one on the left-hand side, delineating this space
- an additional amount or one beyond the minimum necessary
a margin of error
- a payment made in addition to a basic wage, esp for special skill or responsibility
- a bound or limit
- the amount by which one thing differs from another
a large margin separated the parties
- commerce the profit on a transaction
- economics the minimum return below which an enterprise becomes unprofitable
- finance
- collateral deposited by a client with a broker as security
- the excess of the value of a loan's collateral over the value of the loan
verb
- to provide with a margin; border
- finance to deposit a margin upon
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of margin1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He then moved to the margins where distrust of 'The System' and conspiracy theories swirl.
It is the biggest margin of victory in 24 years.
MP: Just how good McLaren were able to be from the Miami result to really become the strongest team in F1, by some margin in many races in the second half of the season.
Figures show that almost one million Canadian tourists visited Cuba last year, the top country of origin for visitors by some margin.
"The winning probability would be so high but this is football and the margins are so small."
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