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margin (enc)

Margin

Noun1.margin - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
bound, boundary, edge - a line determining the limits of an area
2.margin - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
3.margin - the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
down payment, deposit - a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
4.margin - (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
corporate finance - the financial activities of corporation
net income, net profit, profit, profits, earnings, lucre, net - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
5.margin - the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
page - one side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
blank space, space, place - a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
6.margin - a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"
border - a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"
moulding, molding, border - a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
selvage, selvedge - the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
berm, shoulder - narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
strip, slip - artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
roadside, wayside - edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside"

 

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