margin (ˈmɑːdʒɪn
) or (archaic) margent (ˈmɑːdʒənt)
Definitions
noun
- an edge or rim, and the area immediately adjacent to it; border
- the blank space surrounding the text on a page
- a vertical line on a page, esp one on the left-hand side, delineating this space
- an additional amount or one beyond the minimum necessary ⇒
a margin of error
- mainly Australian a payment made in addition to a basic wage, esp for special skill or responsibility
- a bound or limit
- the amount by which one thing differs from another ⇒
a large margin separated the parties
- business the profit on a transaction
- economics the minimum return below which an enterprise becomes unprofitable
- finance
- collateral deposited by a client with a broker as security
- the excess of the value of a loan's collateral over the value of the loan
verb (tr)
- to provide with a margin; border
- finance to deposit a margin upon
Word Origin
C14: from Latin margō border; related to march², markC14: from Latin border; related to ², 1Translations
- British English:
margin
A margin is the difference between two amounts, especially the difference in the number of votes or points between the winner and the loser in a contest.They ended up with a 50-point winning margin.ˈmɑːdʒɪn NOUN They ended up with a 50-point winning margin.
- Spanish:
margen
nm
- French:
marge
nf
- German:
Rand
nm Ränder
- Chinese: 差数 n
- Arabic: هَامِشٌ n
- Portuguese: margem nf
- Russian: граница nf
- Croatian: margina nf
- Czech: okraj nm
- Danish: margen nutr
- Dutch: kantlijn n
- Finnish: reuna n
- Greek: περιθώριο nnt
- Italian: margine nm
- Japanese: へり n
- Korean: 가장자리 n
- Norwegian: kant nm
- Polish: margines nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: margem nf
- European Spanish:
margen
nm
- Swedish: marginal nutr
- Thai: ขอบ n
- Turkish: sınır n
- Vietnamese: biên n
Usage examples
The great turtles belly-flopped their way from the forest margin to the sea.
, A Daystar of Fear (1994)Balloon observations have recorded a slight cooling at the same altitude, but the results were blurred by a large margin of error.
New Scientist (1998)Compaq said shareholders voted by a nine-to-one margin for the deal.
Irish Times (2002)'It appears to leave a margin of discretion to individual countries.
Glasgow Herald (2001)What appear to be editorial explanations, placed in the margin of the 1708 publication, are shown here inside square brackets.
, VOYAGES OF DELUSION: The Search for the North West Passage in the Age of Reason (2002)