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Webster 1913 Edition
Margin
1.
A border; edge; brink; verge;
as, the
. margin
of a river or lake2.
Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.
3.
(Com.)
The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.
4.
Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.
5.
(Brokerage)
Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited;
as, to buy stocks on 50%
. margin
N. Biddle.
Margin draft
(Masonry)
, a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints.
– Margin of a course
(Arch.)
, that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d
Gauge
.
Syn. – Border; brink; verge; brim; rim.
Mar′gin
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Margined
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Marginging
.] 1.
To furnish with a margin.
2.
To enter in the margin of a page.
Webster 1828 Edition
Margin
M`ARGIN
,Noun.
1.
A border; edge; brink; verge; as the margin of a river or lake.2.
The edge of the leaf or page of a book, left blank or filled with notes.3.
The edge of a wound.4.
In botany, the edge of a leaf.M`ARGIN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To enter in the margin.Definition 2024
margin
margin
English
Noun
margin (plural margins)
- (typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- 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.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 7
- 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.
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- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.
- 1999, Pierre François, Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186,
- 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,
- A difference between results, characteristics, scores.
- A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of N. Biddle to this entry?)
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Translations
edge of the paper that remains blank
edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group
difference between results, characteristics
permissible difference
yield or profit
collateral security deposited with a broker
Verb
margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)
- To add a margin to.