Definition of Margin

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

Exact synonyms: Border, Perimeter
Specialized synonyms: Lip
Generic synonyms: Bound, Boundary, Edge
Derivative terms: Border, Marginal

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.
Exact synonyms: Security Deposit
Generic synonyms: Deposit, Down Payment

4. Noun. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold.
Exact synonyms: Gross Profit, Gross Profit Margin
Category relationships: Corporate Finance
Generic synonyms: Earnings, Lucre, Net, Net Income, Net Profit, Profit, Profits

5. Noun. The blank space that surrounds the text on a page. "He jotted a note in the margin"
Group relationships: Page
Generic synonyms: Blank Space, Place, Space

6. Noun. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
Exact synonyms: Allowance, Leeway, Tolerance
Generic synonyms: Disagreement, Discrepancy, Divergence, Variance
Derivative terms: Allow

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

Literary usage of Margin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"margin of If. ciliate: Ins. sometime* pubescent. B. Base of If. distinctly cordate although BB. Scape and infl. pubescent 3. purpurascens narrow: calyx ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"Although considerably eroded the specimen appears to be not quite symmetrical, one margin of the periphery being much more angular than the other ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"The specification again refers to the plain margin at the sides of the gusset and describes the method by which it may be reinforced or rendered stronger ..."

4. Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Asia by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"Insurers are required to maintain a Solvency margin for each insurance fund as well as the Company Solvency margin. The Company Solvency margin is ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The wooden pressure tool would slip, the tip would break, the wood was insecure and would yield when pressed against the margin of the artifact, ..."

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