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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.
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.
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.
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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)
12.
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.
15.
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.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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