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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. kantlyn هامِش празна част на лист okraj margen; margin der Rand περιθώριο margen serv حاشیه marginaali marge שוּלַיִים हाशिया obrub margó ruang tepi spássía margine 欄外 난외, 여백 paraštė lappuses mala ruang tepi kantlijn marg; kant, rand margines margem margine поле okraj rob margina marginal ขอบ boşluk 頁邊的空白 край حاشیہ lề 页边的空白

2 an edge or border the margin of the lake. rant حافَّه предел kraj udkant die Grenze άκρη margen äär لبه reuna bord שָׂפָה अतिरिक्त राशि granični pojas határ tepi brún, jaðar margine, bordo 縁 가장자리 pakraštys mala; robeža tepi rand bredd, rand, kant brzeg, skraj margem mal; graniţă край kraj rob ivica kant, strand ริม kenar 邊緣 берег کنارا یا حاشیہ mép; bờ 边缘

3 something extra, beyond what should be needed Leave a wide margin for error! speling مَجال، هامِش، مَساحَه поле rezerva margen; margin der Überschuß περιθώριο margen (mängu)ruum حد pelivara marge כָּמוּת עוֹדֶפֶת छोर पट्टी, परिसीमा, धारा, कोर, किनारा, अतिरिक्त dovoljan prostor (hiba)határ kelonggaran skekkjumörk, (villu)frávik margine 余裕 여분 atsarga rezerve kelonggaran marge spillerom, margin rezerwa, margines margem marjă запас rezerva presežek višak marginal ส่วนที่เผื่อเอาไว้ tolerans, pay 餘裕, 餘地 запас گنجائش số dư 余裕, 余地

adj ˈmarginal

small and almost non-existent or unimportant a marginal improvement. marginaal هامِشي твърде малък okrajový, minimální marginal; underordnet am Rande οριακός marginal, al margen marginaalne حاشیه ای vähäinen marginal שוּלִי हाशिये का बहुत कम rubni, krajnji csekély jelentőségű, marginális kecil, tipis lágmarks- marginale 周辺的な 최저의, 한계의 nedidelis, nežymus niecīgs; mazs kecil miniem underordnet, marginal marginesowy insignificante marginal незначительный minimálny obroben marginalan marginell เล็กและไม่สำคัญ önemsiz, ufak 微不足道的, 邊緣的 мінімальний غیر اہم không đáng kể 最低限度的, 边缘的