Meaning

9 senses
  1. The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.

    Seitenrand

    по́леpóle, поля́poljá

    по́леpóle, маргіне́сmarhinés

  2. The edge or border of any flat surface.

    крайkraj, кро́мкаkrómka

  3. (figuratively)The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.

    маргіне́сmarhinés

  4. A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

    margin of victory

  5. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

    margin of error

    до́пускdópusk

    a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

  6. The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

    Gewinnspanne, Gewinnmarge, Marge

    при́быльpríbylʹ, маржа́maržá

    ма́ржаmárža

    (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

  7. Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

    Einschuss

  8. That which is ancillary; periphery.

    This model merely nips at the margins.

  9. The shape of the edge of a leaf.

Examples

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  1. Our profit margin is very small.

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  2. This is a low-margin business.

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  3. This is a high-margin business.

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  4. This product brought us a large margin.

    ruЭтот продукт принёс нам большую прибыль.

    deMit diesem Produkt erzielten wir eine große Gewinnspanne.

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  5. I allowed a margin of ten minutes.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
typography: edge of the paper that remains blank:
finance: yield or profit:
Русский
By meaning 4
typography: edge of the paper that remains blank:
edge or border of any flat surface:
permissible difference:
finance: yield or profit:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
typography: edge of the paper that remains blank:
finance: yield or profit:
finance: collateral security deposited with a broker:

Origin

From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusati

From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.

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Forms

plural: margins
Singularmargin
Pluralmargins

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

25 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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