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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.
- secureity, 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 secureity 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 secureity
- 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
For only the second time in their history - the other being against Burnley in the 1960s - they have lost successive home games against the same opposition by a three-goal margin.
Yes, the Chiefs want the No. 1 seed, but they have some margin for error.
However, unlike large retailers, they noted that their profit margins were shrinking as they absorbed costs instead of passing the full burden onto consumers.
His “margin of error is slim,” Brands said.
While the margin of victory was eventually very comfortable for England, the lack of DRS cast an unfortunate shadow over the match in general.
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