margin of safety (English, noun)
expansion: margin of safety (plural margins of safety)
Senses:
topics: business
finance
glosses: The difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price.
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The strength of a business measured by the amount of income earned above the break-even point.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The difference between a therapeutic dose of a medication and a toxic dose.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ratio of the strength of a structure to the requirements placed on that structure.
Forms:
form: margins of safety
tags: plural
form: safety margin
tags: alternative