Dictionary

margin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmaː.d͡ʒɪn/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
2. The edge or border of any flat surface.
   • Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge. 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
   • The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:
3. (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
   • As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins. 1999, Pierre François, Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186:
4. A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
   • in Kentucky, for example, Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a nearly two-to-one margin 2017 March 9, James P. Pinkerton, “A Deus ex Machina for the Climate Change Problem”, in The American Conservative:
   • margin of victory
   • Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision. 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
5. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
   • margin of error
6. The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
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.
   • If you borrow from your broker via trading on margin, you need to add monthly margin interest charges to your trading costs as well. 2017, Joe Duarte, Trading Options For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 140:
   • The purchaser then hands over this margin to the person with whom he hypothecates the Stock. 1848, William Armstrong, Stocks and Stock-Jobbing in Wall-Street:
8. That which is ancillary; periphery.
   • This model merely nips at the margins.
9. The shape of the edge of a leaf.
   • Red Whortleberry leaves have a crenate margin. 1878, George Sampson V. Wills, A manual of vegetable materia medica - Issue 359, page 67:

Forms

Deriveds

margin call · undermargin · margin alert · marginable · remargin · intensive margin · safety margin · intermargin · paleomargin · marginotomy · marginirostral · margin shell · extensive margin · marginless · solvency margin · maintenance margin · palaeomargin · margin of error · profit margin · margin trading · net margin · submargin · margin account · margin of safety · overmargin · by a wide margin · margin-call · retromargin · margin debt · gross margin · admarginate

Descendants

마진 · 孖展

Relateds

admarginate · marginal · marginalize · marginalization · marginalia

Translations (109)

de Seitenrand (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · lv marža (finance: yield or profit) · bg ръб (edge or border of any flat surface) · fi voittomarginaali (finance: yield or profit) · fi reunus (edge or border of any flat surface) · ota لب (edge or border of any flat surface) · gl marxe (edge or border of any flat surface) · fr marge (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · nl marge (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · es margen (permissible difference) · hy լուսանցք (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · hu haszonkulcs (finance: yield or profit) · tr kenar (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · cs marže (finance: yield or profit) · nb marg (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · oc marge (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sl marža (finance: yield or profit) · de Marge (finance: yield or profit) · ar هَامِش (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sk okraj (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · hu marzs (finance: yield or profit) · es margen (finance: yield or profit) · cs okraj (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · fr marge (edge or border of any flat surface) · sv marginal (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · hu perem (edge or border of any flat surface) · eo marĝeno (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ja 余白 (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ga imeall (edge or border of any flat surface) · hu különbség (difference between results, characteristics) · bg марж (finance: yield or profit) · ru при́быль (finance: yield or profit) · sh ру̑б (edge or border of any flat surface) · sh zázor (permissible difference) · mi taitapa (edge or border of any flat surface) · sh марги́на (finance: yield or profit) · fi marginaali (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · lt marža (finance: yield or profit) · hu szél (edge or border of any flat surface) · bg поле́ (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ca marge (edge or border of any flat surface) · ko 여백 (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · af rand (edge or border of any flat surface) · de Einschuss (finance: collateral security deposited with a broker) · uk по́ле (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · it margine (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · be по́ле (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · el περιθώριο (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · mi tawhē (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · tr kâr (finance: yield or profit) · pt margem (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · fr marge (finance: yield or profit) · uk маргіне́с (figuratively: edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group) · hu margó (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · fi katetuotto (finance: yield or profit) · pl marża (finance: yield or profit) · haw lihi (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · uk маргіне́с (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · az kənar (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · af rand (figuratively: edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group) · fi syrjä (figuratively: edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group) · sl rob (edge or border of any flat surface) · mi taitapa (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sl dobiček (finance: yield or profit) · enm margyn (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ru по́ле (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ga corrlach (finance: yield or profit) · hu szegély (edge or border of any flat surface) · ko 차금 (finance: yield or profit) · hu tűrés (permissible difference) · af kantlyn (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sh rȗb (edge or border of any flat surface) · sv marginal (finance: yield or profit) · pl margines (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sh margína (finance: yield or profit) · nl kantlijn (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ca marge (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · uk ма́ржа (finance: yield or profit) · bg печа́лба (finance: yield or profit) · hu hibahatár (permissible difference) · ko 마진 (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ja 差金 (finance: yield or profit) · ru край (edge or border of any flat surface) · bg марж (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · de Gewinnmarge (finance: yield or profit) · ru маржа́ (finance: yield or profit) · hu lapszél (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ba сит (edge or border of any flat surface) · hu különbözet (difference between results, characteristics) · cmn 邊界 /边界 (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sl rob (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · az qıraq (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sh margína (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · hu árrés (finance: yield or profit) · hu perem (figuratively: edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group) · sh за́зор (permissible difference) · ru до́пуск (permissible difference) · ru поля́ (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · de Gewinnspanne (finance: yield or profit) · gd oir (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ba сит (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · sh марги́на (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · la margō (edge or border of any flat surface) · es margen (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ru кро́мка (edge or border of any flat surface) · mi paenga (edge or border of any flat surface) · hy լուսանցք (figuratively: edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group) · gl marxe (typography: edge of the paper that remains blank) · ko 마진 (finance: yield or profit)

margin en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmaː.d͡ʒɪn/ (Australia)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To add a margin to; to furnish with a margin.
   • The scale-like feathers of the breast are margined with rich metallic blue-green, which colour entirely covers the throat and sides of the neck, as well as the long pointed plumes which spring from the sides of the breast, and extend nearly as far as the end of the wings. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 410:
2. (transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.
3. (transitive) To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).
   • This sounds easy, but bear in mind that margined portfolios decline faster than cash portfolios in a bear market. 2011, Richard Lehman, Lawrence G. McMillan, Options for Volatile Markets, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 90:

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