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Margin   /mˈɑrdʒən/   Listen
noun
Margin  n.  
1.
A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
2.
Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.
3.
(Com.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.
4.
Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.
5.
(Brokerage) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin.
Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints.
Margin of a course (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge.
Synonyms: Border; brink; verge; brim; rim.


verb
Margin  v. t.  (past & past part. margined; pres. part. marginging)  
1.
To furnish with a margin.
2.
To enter in the margin of a page.





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"Margin" Quotes from Famous Books



... generally prevailing throughout the city for the same kind of work, but recently on their own initiative they voted themselves a ten per cent decrease. In a cooperative all members may know the financial status of the business and the employees found that, due to the diminishing margin of profit, the business could not support such a high scale of wages. Their wage cut followed because as members of the cooperative they were interested not only in their own wages but in the good of the ...
— Consumers' Cooperative Societies in New York State • The Consumers' League of New York
... me to see Emily's marks along the margin. They are the straight ones, and are applied zealously everywhere to passages of dogmatical discussion about doctrines. Mine you will find the crooked ones, and my pencil, of course, invariably flew to ...
— Records of Later Life • Frances Anne Kemble
... vengeance yet!' ha muttered: and then he turned his steps towards the south, and paused not until he had traveled many miles down the river, when he lay down on its margin, and slept as soundly as if no guilt lay ...
— The Pilgrims of New England - A Tale Of The Early American Settlers • Mrs. J. B. Webb
... a search was made for the volume, but it was not found. Still the impression clung to me, and another effort was made to find the book; this time we were rewarded for our pains. Sure enough, there on the margin of one of the leaves was the very name I had been given in such a strange manner. Other things at the same time went to convince me that I was in possession of the soul of a person who had known Heidelberg two or ...
— A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka
... margin the duke had written an order, placing at Chupin's disposal a lieutenant and eight men chosen from the Montaignac chasseurs, who could be relied upon, and who were not suspected (as were the other troops) ...
— The Honor of the Name • Emile Gaboriau


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