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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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Etymology of 'Margin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Margin" Quotes from Famous Books

... situated between the stars Beta and Gamma Lyrae. It is visible in a moderate-sized telescope as a well-defined, flat, oval ring; its central part is not quite dark but is occupied by a filmy haze of luminous matter which is prolonged inwards from the margin of the ring. When examined with a high power the edges of the ring have a fringed appearance, and numerous glittering stellar points become visible both within and without its circumference. This nebulous ring, though a small object in the telescope, is of enormous magnitude, ...

— The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' • Thomas Orchard

... after an unsteady sheepherder, was careful to leave a generous margin around the person of Charming Billy who was at that ...

— The Long Shadow • B. M. Bower

... he wished, who had nought better to do, might have counted the stones. Nor was it only the bottom that was to be seen, but such a multitude of fishes, glancing to and fro, as was at once a delight and a marvel to behold. Bank it had none, but its margin was the lawn, to which it imparted a goodlier freshness. So much of the water as it might not contain was received by another tiny channel, through which, issuing from the vale, it glided swiftly ...

— The Decameron, Vol. II. • Giovanni Boccaccio

... "I only know the results I want—that I must have. I've got to rely on the judgment and honesty of others and there's such a diversity of opinion that I tell you, Jennings, I'm scared to death lest I make a mistake. And I can't afford to make a mistake. I've left myself no margin for mistakes, every dollar ...

— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart

... palpably, even in hours the least friendly to remembrance, there rises before me when I close my eyes that singularly dwarfed tree which overshadowed the little stream, throwing its boughs half-way to the opposite margin. I dare not revisit that spot, for there we were wont to meet (poor children that we were!), thinking not of the world we had scarce entered, dreaming not of fate and chance, full only of our first-born, our ineffable love. It was so unlike the love of grown-up people; so pure that ...

— Home Life of Great Authors • Hattie Tyng Griswold

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