| Noun | 1. | margin - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | |
| 2. | margin - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | |
| 3. | margin - the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securitiesdown 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 | |
| 5. | margin - the blank space that surrounds the text on a pagepage - one side of one leaf (of a book or magasine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains | |
| 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" 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" | |