| NOUN | shape | margin, border, perimeter | the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary |
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| attribute | margin | an amount beyond the minimum necessary | |
| possession | margin, security deposit | the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities | |
| possession | margin, gross profit, gross profit margin | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold | |
| communication | margin | the blank space that surrounds the text on a page | |
| attribute | margin, allowance, leeway, tolerance | a permissible / permissible difference |
| Sounds | maa'rjhahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary. | |
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| Synonyms | border, perimeter | |
| Narrower | lip | Either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell |
| Broader | boundary, edge, bound | A line determining the limits of an area |
| Spanish | borde, frontera, límite, margen, perímetro | |
| Catalan | frontera, marge, perímetre | |
| Adjectives | marginal | at or constituting / constituting a border or edge |
| Meaning | An amount beyond the minimum necessary. | |
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| Example | "the margin of victory" | |
| Narrower | margin of safety, safety margin, margin of error | The margin required in order to insure safety |
| narrow margin, narrowness, slimness | A small margin | |
| Broader | amount | The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion |
| Meaning | The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities. | |
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| Synonym | security deposit | |
| Broader | down payment, deposit | A partial payment made at the time of purchase |
| Spanish | margen | |
| Catalan | marge | |
| Meaning | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold. | |
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| Synonyms | gross profit, gross profit margin | |
| Category | corporate finance | The financial activities of corporation |
| Broader | net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings | The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
| Spanish | margen de beneficios, margen de ganancias | |
| Catalan | marge de beneficis, marge de guanys | |
| Meaning | The blank space that surrounds the text on a page. | |
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| Example | "he jotted a note in the margin" | |
| Part of | page | One side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains |
| Broader | space, blank space, place | A blank area |
| Spanish | margen | |
| Catalan | marge | |
| Meaning | A permissible / permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. | |
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| Synonyms | allowance, leeway, tolerance | |
| Broader | discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance | A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
| Spanish | margen | |
| Catalan | marge | |
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