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- pronunciation:
- mar
jihn
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an edge and the border area near it.
It's illegal to drive on the margin of a highway.- synonyms:
- border, frame, periphery, rim, verge
- similar words:
- bound, boundary, circuit, edge, fringe, hem, lip
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| definition 2: |
the blank space between written or printed matter and the edge of a page.
I got my paper back, and the professor wrote some nice comments in the margins.She set narrow margins for her document.- similar words:
- border, edge, frame, periphery
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| definition 3: |
a limit beyond which something is no longer desirable or beyond which something no longer exists.
His behavior went to the margin of propriety.This film would have been judged beyond the margins of decency in the 1950s.- synonyms:
- bounds, fringe, limit
- similar words:
- brink, extreme, verge
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| definition 4: |
an amount allowed beyond what is considered necessary, so as to provide for profit, safety, accuracy, or the like.
Leave a good margin of time for getting to the airport in this weather.The calculation gives a margin of error of four per cent for the poll.- synonyms:
- leeway
- similar words:
- elbowroom, excess, latitude, loophole, play, safety, tolerance
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| definition 5: |
the difference between the cost and the selling price of goods.
Our margin of profit is very small on these products.- synonyms:
- markup
- similar words:
- appreciation, inflation, profit
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| definition 6: |
any of several monetary differences, as between the amount of a loan and the value of the collateral.
- synonyms:
- differential
- similar words:
- cost, expense, profit, yield
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| related words: |
bound, end, excess, leeway, line, minimum |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
margins, margining, margined |
| definition 1: |
to supply with a margin.
- synonyms:
- border, edge, fringe, rim
- similar words:
- bound, circle, encircle, encompass, frame, outline, trim
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| definition 2: |
to add notes in the margin of.
- similar words:
- annotate, mark, notate, note
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| definition 3: |
to deposit money in a brokerage account as surety against losses, or to establish or add to a margin account by such deposits.
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| related words: |
edge, justify, verge |
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