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noun
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the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
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an amount allowed or available beyond what is actually necessary: to allow a margin for error.
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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.
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a border or edge.
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EXPANDPhilately. selvage (def. 3).
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Finance.
a.
security, as a percentage in money, deposited with a broker by a client as a provision against loss on transactions.
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the amount representing the customer's investment or equity in such an account.
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the difference between the amount of a loan and the market value of the collateral pledged as security for it.
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Commerce. the difference between the cost and the selling price.
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an amount or degree of difference: The measure passed by a margin of just three votes.
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Economics. the point at which the return from economic activity barely covers the cost of production, and below which production is unprofitable.
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COLLAPSEEntomology. the border of an insect's wing.
verb (used with object)
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to provide with a margin or border.
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to furnish with marginal notes, as a document.
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to enter in the margin, as of a book.
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Finance. to deposit a margin upon.
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Stock Exchange. to purchase (securities) on margin: That stock was heavily margined during the last month.
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Margins
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
margin
mid-14c., "space between a block of text and the edge of a page," from L. margo (gen. marginis) "edge," from PIE *mereg- "edge, boundary" (see mark (1)). General sense of "boundary space" is from late 14c. Meaning "comfort allowance, cushion" is from 1851; margin of safety
EXPAND first recorded 1888. Stock market sense of "sum deposited with a broker to cover risk of loss" is from 1848. Related: Margins.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
margin mar·gin (mär'jĭn)
n.
A border or edge, as of an organ.
A limit in a condition or process, beyond or below which something is no longer possible or acceptable.
An amount that is allowed but that is beyond what is needed.
A measure, quantity, or degree of difference.
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