ALL meanings of margin
mar·gin
M m - noun margin of paper 1
- noun margin at edge 1
- noun margin amount, value 1
- noun margin for error 1
- noun margin finance, stocks 1
- noun margin ideas, politics 1
- noun margin line in word processor 1
- transitive verb margin add a margin 1
- noun margin The edge or border of something. 1
- noun margin the space around the printed or written matter on a page. 1
- noun margin an amount allowed or available beyond what is actually necessary: to allow a margin for error. 1
- noun margin 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. 1
- noun margin a border or edge. 1
- noun margin Philately. selvage (def 3). 1
- noun margin Finance. security, as a percentage in money, deposited with a broker by a client as a provision against loss on transactions. the amount representing the customer's investment or equity in such an account. 1
- noun margin the difference between the amount of a loan and the market value of the collateral pledged as security for it. 1
- noun margin Commerce. the difference between the cost and the selling price. 1
- noun margin an amount or degree of difference: The measure passed by a margin of just three votes. 1
- noun margin Economics. the point at which the return from economic activity barely covers the cost of production, and below which production is unprofitable. 1
- noun margin Entomology. the border of an insect's wing. 1
- verb with object margin to provide with a margin or border. 1
- verb with object margin to furnish with marginal notes, as a document. 1
- verb with object margin to enter in the margin, as of a book. 1
- verb with object margin Finance. to deposit a margin upon. 1
- verb with object margin Stock Exchange. to purchase (securities) on margin: That stock was heavily margined during the last month. 1
- noun margin (typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank. 0
- noun margin The edge or border of any flat surface. 0
- noun margin (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group. 0
- noun margin A difference between results, characteristics, scores. 0
- noun margin A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. 0
- noun margin (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production. 0
- noun margin (finance) 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. 0
- verb margin To add a margin to. 0
- countable noun margin A margin is the difference between two amounts, especially the difference in the number of votes or points between the winner and the loser in an election or other contest. 0
- countable noun margin The margin of a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page. 0
- variable noun margin If there is a margin for something in a situation, there is some freedom to choose what to do or decide how to do it. 0
- countable noun margin The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it. 0
- noun plural margin To be on the margins of a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it. 0
- noun margin an edge or rim, and the area immediately adjacent to it; border 0
- noun margin the blank space surrounding the text on a page 0
- noun margin a vertical line on a page, esp one on the left-hand side, delineating this space 0
- noun margin an additional amount or one beyond the minimum necessary 0
- noun margin a payment made in addition to a basic wage, esp for special skill or responsibility 0
- noun margin a bound or limit 0
- noun margin the amount by which one thing differs from another 0
- noun margin the profit on a transaction 0
- noun margin the minimum return below which an enterprise becomes unprofitable 0
- noun margin collateral deposited by a client with a broker as security 0
- noun margin the excess of the value of a loan's collateral over the value of the loan 0
- verb margin to provide with a margin; border 0