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Definition of Margin

1. Noun. The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary.

2. Noun. An amount beyond the minimum necessary. "The margin of victory"

3. Noun. The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities.

4. Noun. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold.

5. Noun. The blank space that surrounds the text on a page. "He jotted a note in the margin"

6. Noun. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

Definition of Margin

1. n. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

2. v. t. To furnish with a margin.

Definition of Margin

1. Noun. (typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank. ¹

2. Noun. (anatomy) The edge of any flat surface. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group. ¹

4. Noun. A difference between results, characteristics, scores. ¹

5. Noun. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. ¹

6. Noun. (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production. ¹

7. Verb. To add a margin to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Margin

1. to provide with a margin (a border) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Margin

1. 1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake. 2. Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing. 3. The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article. 4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty. 5. Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. Margin draft, that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See Gauge. Synonym: Border, brink, verge, brim, rim. Origin: OE. Margine, margent, L. Margo, ginis. Cf. March a border, Marge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Margin

margarone margarones margarosanite margarous margate margate fish margay margay cat margays marge

margent margented margenting margents marges margin (current term) margin account margin call margin calls margin of acetabulum

margin of error margin of fossa ovalis margin of orbit margin of profit margin of safety margin of the tongue marginal marginal adaptation marginal artery of colon marginal artery of drummond

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