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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.
Synonyms: ,
- a border or edge.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- 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
According to the Post/ABC poll voters already say, by a margin of 70-28%, that they don't think the federal government should be telling universities how to operate.
Other polls released last week, from YouGov, Ipsos/Reuters, Fox News and American Research Group, found the margin of public disapproval for Trump’s job performance was more than 10 percentage points.
The 25-year-old has been pushed to the margins under Slot, who has also made public criticisms of his attitude.
But rainfall totals trail the typical amount received in L.A. by a wide margin.
In five-party politics, many races may be won with a relatively small share of the vote, by tiny margins, that "sliver here and sliver there".
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