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margin

[ mahr-jin ]

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.

    Synonyms: bound, confine

  4. a border or edge.

    Synonyms: brink, verge, rim

    Antonyms: center

  5. Philately. selvage ( def 3 ).
  6. Finance.
    1. security, as a percentage in money, deposited with a broker by a client as a provision against loss on transactions.
    2. 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)

  1. to provide with a margin or border.
  2. to furnish with marginal notes, as a document.
  3. to enter in the margin, as of a book.
  4. Finance. to deposit a margin upon.
  5. Stock Exchange. to purchase (securities) on margin:

    That stock was heavily margined during the last month.

margin

/ ˈmɑːdʒɪn; ˈmɑːdʒənt /

noun

  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. 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
    1. collateral deposited by a client with a broker as security
    2. the excess of the value of a loan's collateral over the value of the loan


verb

  1. to provide with a margin; border
  2. finance to deposit a margin upon

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Word History and Origins

Origin of margin1

1300–50; Middle English < Latin margin- (stem of margō ) border; akin to march 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of margin1

C14: from Latin margō border; related to march ², mark 1

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Synonym Study

See edge.

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Example Sentences

The poll finds Biden leads 57 percent to 41 percent among Minnesota likely voters, a 16-point margin that contrasts with Biden’s six-point edge in a Post-ABC poll conducted in Wisconsin over the same period.

Baber, not the auditor, wrote the recommendations, and those that passed did so on thin margins, while others didn’t get enough support to go to the full board.

In some cases, this uptick was within the polls’ margins of error, but the overall upward trend was still pretty clear.

The number of wins divided by the total number of draws represents a simulated probability of a GOP win given the poll’s margin.

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The Packers are favorites by a razor-thin margin after coming within a game of the Super Bowl last year, though they did little to improve around Aaron Rodgers while the 36-year-old still has good seasons left in the tank.

The citizens of Stevens Point defeated fluoridation by a healthy margin.

Because of the thinness of the air, there is a very tight margin between the correct and incorrect airspeeds, as little as 50 mph.

Sixty-seven Republicans voted against it, a margin in line with estimates of many conservatives from earlier in the day.

Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.

We believe in Him by a landslide 74 percent to 26 percent margin.

This paper was noted here and there on the margin, and had been obviously carefully read.

The comparison of the cost of production, therefore, with the value of the raw material, shows a very large margin of profit.

Along the sea-margin of the tongue of land between the rivers Mersey and Dee, the sand has been thrown up in domes.

He likens the walls to the page of a book, in which the glose, or commentary, was often written in the margin.

On the other side was a narrow margin, and then a sheer wall of hills in exquisite verdure.

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