margin
/ˈmɑːrdʒɪn/
noun
- The blank space around the edges of a page of writing or printing.
- She scribbled notes in the margin of her textbook.
- The teacher asked students to write their names in the top margin.
- Please leave a one-inch margin on both sides of your essay.
- An amount or degree of difference, especially in a competition or measurement.
- Our team lost by a wide margin, so we need to practice more.
- The margin of error in this survey is plus or minus three percent.
- The candidate won the election by a narrow margin of only 200 votes.
- The difference between the cost of a product or service and its selling price; profit margin.
- The company operates on a very thin margin, so every sale matters.
- A high margin product brings in more profit per unit sold.
- They increased their margin by cutting production costs.
- An extra amount of something, such as time or space, allowed for safety or flexibility.
- The schedule has no margin for delays.
- We built a margin of safety into the bridge design.
- Leave a margin of ten minutes in case of traffic.
Antonyms
verb
- To provide with a margin or border.
- They margined the garden path with small stones.
- The document is margined according to the style guide.
- The designer margined the page with a decorative line.
- To deposit money with a broker as security against potential losses when buying securities on credit.
- He margined his account to buy more shares.
- If the stock price falls, you may need to margin more money.
- The broker asked her to margin the trade with additional funds.