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Definition of: margin

(märjin) noun
1. A bounding line; border; verge; brink; edge.
2. An allowance, provision, or reservation for contingencies or changes, as of time or money.
3. Range or scope; provision for increase or progress.
4. The difference between the cost of an article and its selling price.
5. A sum of money or other security deposited with a broker to protect him against loss in buying and selling for his principal; also, the difference in value between the security and the loan.
6. The difference between price and cost of production; in the adjustment of the relations of capital and labor, the minimum profit which will enable an undertaking to continue active.
7. The part of a page left blank around the body of printed or written text.
v.t.

1. To furnish with a margin; form a margin or border to; border.
2. To enter, place, or specify on the margin of a page, as a note or comment.
3. In commerce, to deposit a margin upon; hold by giving an addition to or a deposit upon a margin. [<L margo, -inis. Akin to MARK1, MARCH2.] Synonyms (noun): beach, border, boundary, brim, brink, confines, edge, limit, lip, marge, shore, skirt, verge. See BANK, BOUNDARY.

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Statistical data

"margin" has the frequency of use of 0.0013% on city-data.com forum

"margin" has the frequency of use of 0.002% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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