margin
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
business
finance
media
natural-sciences
publishing
typography
Etymology: From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.
Inflected forms:
form: margins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: margins
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: margining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: margined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: margined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
pos: noun
gloss: The edge or border of any flat surface.
pos: noun
examples: Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
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.
gloss: The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.
gloss: A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
pos: noun
examples: margin of victory
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.
in Kentucky, for example, Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a nearly two-to-one margin
gloss: A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
pos: noun
examples: margin of error
gloss: The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The purchaser then hands over this margin to the person with whom he hypothecates the Stock.
If you borrow from your broker via trading on margin, you need to add monthly margin interest charges to your trading costs as well.
gloss: That which is ancillary; periphery.
pos: noun
examples: This model merely nips at the margins.
gloss: The shape of the edge of a leaf.
pos: noun
examples: Red Whortleberry leaves have a crenate margin.
gloss: To add a margin to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: This sounds easy, but bear in mind that margined portfolios decline faster than cash portfolios in a bear market.
Related words: admarginate
marginal
marginalia
marginalization
marginalize
Derived words: admarginate
by a wide margin
extensive margin
gross margin
intensive margin
intermargin
maintenance margin
marginable
margin account
margin alert
margin call
margin-call
margin debt
marginirostral
marginless
margin of error
margin of safety
marginotomy
margin shell
margin trading
net margin
overmargin
palaeomargin
paleomargin
profit margin
remargin
retromargin
safety margin
solvency margin
submargin
undermargin
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