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mar·gin  (märjn)

n.

1. An edge and the area immediately adjacent to it; a border. See Synonyms at border.

2. The blank space bordering the written or printed area on a page.

3. A limit in a condition or process, beyond or below which something is no longer possible or acceptable: the margin of reality; has crossed the margin of civilized behavior.

4. An amount allowed beyond what is needed: a small margin of safety. See Synonyms at room.

5. A measure, quantity, or degree of difference: a margin of 500 votes.

6. Economics

a. The minimum return that an enterprise may earn and still pay for itself.

b. The difference between the cost and the selling price of securities or commodities.

c. The difference between the market value of collateral and the face value of a loan.

7. An amount in money, or represented by securities, deposited by a customer with a broker as a provision against loss on transactions made on account.

8. Botany The border of a leaf.

tr.v. mar·gined, mar·gin·ing, mar·gins

1. To provide with a margin.

2. To be a margin to; border.

3. To inscribe or enter in the margin of a page.

4. Economics

a. To add margin to: margin up a brokerage account.

b. To deposit margin for: margin a transaction.

c. To buy or hold (securities) by depositing or adding to a margin.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin marg, margin-; see merg- in Indo-European roots.]

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margined adj.

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margin

Noun

1. an edge, rim, or border: we came to the margin of the wood, people on the margin of society

2. the blank space surrounding the text on a page

3. an additional amount or one beyond the minimum necessary: the margin of victory was seven lengths, a small margin of error

4. Chiefly Austral a payment made in addition to a basic wage, esp. for special skill or responsibility

5. a limit beyond which something can no longer exist or function: the margin of physical survival

6. Econ the minimum return below which an enterprise becomes unprofitable [Latin margo border]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	margin - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary perimeter, border lip - either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell bound, boundary, edge - a line determining the limits of an area
	2.	margin - an amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of victory" amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people" margin of error, margin of safety, safety margin - the margin required in order to insure safety; "in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress" narrow margin, slimness, narrowness - a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"
	3.	margin - the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities security deposit down payment, deposit - a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
	4.	margin - (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold gross profit, gross profit margin corporate finance - the financial activities of corporation net income, net profit, profit, profits, earnings, lucre, net - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
	5.	margin - the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted a note in the margin" page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains blank space, space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
	6.	margin - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits leeway, allowance, tolerance discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"

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margin

noun 1. room, space, surplus, allowance, scope, play, compass, latitude, leeway, extra room, elbowroom

noun 2. edge, side, limit, border, bound, boundary, confine, verge, brink, rim, brim, perimeter, periphery

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In cartography, the area of a map or chart lying outside the border.

Translations

margin [ˈmɑːdʒɪn] n → margen m

margin [ˈmɑːdʒɪn] n → marge f

margin [ˈmɑːdʒɪn] n → Rand m;

(of votes) → Mehrheit f;

(for safety, error etc) → Spielraum m;

(Comm) → Gewinnspanne f

margin [ˈmɑːdʒɪn] n → margine m

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margin

n margin [ˈmaːdʒin]

1 the blank edge round a page of writing or print Please write your comments in the margin.kantlynهامِشпразна част на листokrajmargen; marginder Randπεριθώριοmargenservحاشیهmarginaalimargeשוּלַיִיםहाशियाobrubmargóruang tepispássíamargine欄外난외, 여백paraštėlappuses malaruang tepikantlijnmarg; kant, randmarginesmargemmargineполеokrajrobmarginamarginalขอบboşluk頁邊的空白крайحاشیہlề页边的空白

2 an edge or border the margin of the lake.rantحافَّهпределkrajudkantdie Grenzeάκρηmargenäärلبهreunabordשָׂפָהअतिरिक्त राशिgranični pojashatártepibrún, jaðarmargine, bordo縁가장자리pakraštysmala; robežatepirandbredd, rand, kantbrzeg, skrajmargemmal; graniţăкрайkrajrobivicakant, strandริมkenar邊緣берегکنارا یا حاشیہmép; bờ边缘

3 something extra, beyond what should be needed Leave a wide margin for error!spelingمَجال، هامِش، مَساحَهполеrezervamargen; marginder Überschußπεριθώριοmargen(mängu)ruumحدpelivaramargeכָּמוּת עוֹדֶפֶתछोर पट्टी, परिसीमा, धारा, कोर, किनारा, अतिरिक्तdovoljan prostor(hiba)határkelonggaranskekkjumörk, (villu)frávikmargine余裕여분atsargarezervekelonggaranmargespillerom, marginrezerwa, marginesmargemmarjăзапасrezervapresežekvišakmarginalส่วนที่เผื่อเอาไว้tolerans, pay餘裕, 餘地запасگنجائشsố dư余裕, 余地

adj ˈmarginal

small and almost non-existent or unimportant a marginal improvement.marginaalهامِشيтвърде малъкokrajový, minimálnímarginal; underordnetam Randeοριακόςmarginal, al margenmarginaalneحاشیه ایvähäinenmarginalשוּלִיहाशिये का बहुत कमrubni, krajnjicsekély jelentőségű, margináliskecil, tipislágmarks-marginale周辺的な최저의, 한계의nedidelis, nežymusniecīgs; mazskecilminiemunderordnet, marginalmarginesowyinsignificantemarginalнезначительныйminimálnyobrobenmarginalanmarginellเล็กและไม่สำคัญönemsiz, ufak微不足道的, 邊緣的мінімальнийغیر اہمkhông đáng kể最低限度的, 边缘的