Sekirov Dictionary

margin

UK /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/US /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/

noun 9
verb 3
forms 3

noun9

The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
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A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision. — 2012
The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
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The edge or border of any flat surface.
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule. — 1992
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The shape of the edge of a leaf.
- Red Whortleberry leaves have a crenate margin. — 1878
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That which is ancillary; periphery.
- This model merely nips at the margins.
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(figurative) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
- As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins. — 1999
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
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Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- The purchaser then hands over this margin to the person with whom he hypothecates the Stock. — 1848

verb3

To add a margin to; to furnish with a margin.
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To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).
- This sounds easy, but bear in mind that margined portfolios decline faster than cash portfolios in a bear market. — 2011
To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.

forms

margined · margining · margins

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