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Definition of Margin
1. Noun. The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary.
Specialized synonyms: Lip
Generic synonyms: Bound, Boundary, Edge
Derivative terms: Border, Marginal
2. Noun. An amount beyond the minimum necessary. "The margin of victory"
Specialized synonyms: Margin Of Error, Margin Of Safety, Safety Margin, Narrow Margin, Narrowness, Slimness
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.
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"
6. Noun. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
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
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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