'Margin' definitions:
Definition of 'margin'
From: WordNet
noun
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An amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of victory"
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The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities [syn: margin, security deposit]
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(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold [syn: gross profit, gross profit margin, margin]
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The blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted a note in the margin"
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Definition of 'Margin'
From: GCIDE
- Margin \Mar"gin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Margined; p. pr. & vb. n. Marginging.]
- 1. To furnish with a margin. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enter in the margin of a page. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Margin'
From: GCIDE
- Margin \Mar"gin\, n. [OE. margine, margent, L. margo, ginis. Cf. March a border, Marge.]
- 1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Com.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Brokerage) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin. --N. Biddle. [1913 Webster]
- Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints.
- Margin of a course (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Border; brink; verge; brim; rim. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'margin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abut,
- adjoin,
- aesthetic distance,
- air space,
- allowance,
- ample scope,
- balance,
- bank,
- befringe,
- bind,
- blank check,
- board,
- bonus,
- border,
- bordure,
- bound,
- boundary line,
- bounds,
- brim,
- brink,
- brow,
- caesura,
- carte blanche,
- caution,
- caution money,
- clearance,
- coast,
- collateral,
- collateral security,
- compass,
- connect,
- deep space,
- delicacy,
- delicate distinction,
- deposit,
- depths of space,
- differentia,
- differential,
- discontinuity,
- distance,
- distance between,
- distinction,
- divergence,
- dividend,
- double space,
- edge,
- elbowroom,
- em space,
- en space,
- enframe,
- exhaust price,
- extent,
- extra,
- farness,
- featheredge,
- field,
- fine point,
- flange,
- forfeit,
- frame,
- free course,
- free hand,
- free play,
- free scope,
- freeboard,
- freedom,
- fringe,
- frontier,
- full scope,
- full swing,
- gratuity,
- hair space,
- hairline,
- half space,
- headroom,
- hem,
- hiatus,
- infinity,
- interim,
- intermediate space,
- interruption,
- interspace,
- interstice,
- interval,
- join,
- jump,
- labellum,
- labium,
- labrum,
- lacuna,
- lagniappe,
- lap,
- latitude,
- leap,
- ledge,
- leeway,
- leftover,
- length,
- light-years,
- limb,
- limbus,
- limits,
- line,
- lip,
- list,
- long rope,
- maneuvering space,
- march,
- marge,
- marginate,
- mileage,
- minimum,
- narrow margin,
- neighbor,
- nice distinction,
- nicety,
- no holds barred,
- nuance,
- open space,
- outline,
- overage,
- overmeasure,
- overplus,
- overrun,
- overset,
- overstock,
- oversupply,
- parsecs,
- particle of difference,
- perimeter,
- periphery,
- perspective,
- piece,
- play,
- plus,
- point of difference,
- pourboire,
- purfle,
- purl,
- ragged edge,
- range,
- reach,
- refinement,
- remainder,
- remoteness,
- rim,
- room,
- room to spare,
- rope,
- scope,
- sea room,
- selvage,
- separation,
- set off,
- shade of difference,
- shoestring margin,
- shore,
- side,
- sideline,
- single space,
- skirt,
- something extra,
- space,
- space between,
- span,
- spare,
- spare room,
- stake,
- stretch,
- stride,
- subtle distinction,
- subtlety,
- surplus,
- surplusage,
- surround,
- swing,
- thin margin,
- time interval,
- tip,
- tolerance,
- touch,
- trim,
- trimming,
- verge,
- way,
- ways,
- wide berth,
- wide margin
Words containing 'Margin'
- Marginal,
- Marginally,
- Marginate,
- Marginated,
- Margined,
- marginality,
- marginalization,
- marginalize,
- Margin draft,
- Margin of a course,
- gross margin,
- hardscrabble marginal,
- margin account,
- margin call,
- margin of error,
- margin of profit,
- margin of safety,
- marginal cost,
- marginal placentation,
- marginal utility,
- narrow margin,
- profit margin,
- safety margin,
- gross profit margin,
- marginal cost of production,
- marginal wood fern,
- involute rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud having margins rolled inward