margin
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dʒɪn noun
1.
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
2.
an amount allowed or available beyond what is actually necessary: to allow a margin for error.
3.
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.
4.
a border or edge.
5.
6.
Finance.
a.
security, as a percentage in money, deposited with a broker by a client as a provision against loss on transactions.
b.
the amount representing the customer's investment or equity in such an account.
7.
the difference between the amount of a loan and the market value of the collateral pledged as security for it.
8.
Commerce. the difference between the cost and the selling price.
9.
an amount or degree of difference: The measure passed by a margin of just three votes.
10.
Economics. the point at which the return from economic activity barely covers the cost of production, and below which production is unprofitable.
11.
Entomology. the border of an insect's wing.
verb (used with object)
12.
to provide with a margin or border.
13.
to furnish with marginal notes, as a document.
14.
to enter in the margin, as of a book.
15.
Finance. to deposit a margin upon.
16.
Stock Exchange. to purchase (securities) on margin: That stock was heavily margined during the last month.
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margin or (archaic) margent (ˈmɑːdʒɪn, ˈmɑːdʒənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an edge or rim, and the area immediately adjacent to it; border |
| 2. | the blank space surrounding the text on a page |
| 3. | a vertical line on a page, esp one on the left-hand side, delineating this space |
| 4. | an additional amount or one beyond the minimum necessary: a margin of error |
| 5. | chiefly (Austral) a payment made in addition to a basic wage, esp for special skill or responsibility |
| 6. | a bound or limit |
| 7. | the amount by which one thing differs from another: a large margin separated the parties |
| 8. | commerce the profit on a transaction |
| 9. | economics the minimum return below which an enterprise becomes unprofitable |
| 10. | finance |
| a. collateral deposited by a client with a broker as security | |
| b. the excess of the value of a loan's collateral over the value of the loan | |
| —vb | |
| 11. | to provide with a margin; border |
| 12. | finance to deposit a margin upon |
| [C14: from Latin margō border; related to | |
| margent or (archaic) margent | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C14: from Latin margō border; related to | |
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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
first recorded 1888. Stock market sense of "sum deposited with a broker to cover risk of loss" is from 1848. Related: Margins.
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American Heritage
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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Example sentences
The lateral border separates it from the groove which articulates with the margin of the head of the radius.
Voters in referenda twice approved tax increases to maintain the foot-patrol system, the second time by a two-to-one margin.
Widening your ticket's margin of victory or narrowing its margin of defeat is equally pointless.
The proposed contract, which first looked as if it would be voted down, has so far been approved by a small margin.
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