Dictionary entry details
• MARGIN (noun)
Meaning:
The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
margin; perimeter; border
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)
Meaning:
An amount beyond the minimum necessary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the margin of victory
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
amount (how much of something is available)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "margin"):
margin of error; margin of safety; safety margin (the margin required in order to insure safety)
narrow margin; narrowness; slimness (a small margin)
Meaning:
The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
security deposit; margin
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
deposit; down payment (a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later)
Meaning:
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
gross profit margin; gross profit; margin
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))
Domain category:
corporate finance (the financial activities of corporation)
Meaning:
The blank space that surrounds the text on a page
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
blank space; place; space (a blank area)
Holonyms ("margin" is a 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)
Meaning:
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
leeway; allowance; tolerance; margin
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
disagreement; discrepancy; divergence; variance (a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions)
Meaning:
A strip near the boundary of an object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
edge; margin
Context example:
he jotted a note on the margin of the page
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
slip; strip (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "margin"):
border (a strip forming the outer edge of something)
luff ((nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast)
border; molding; moulding (a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge)
selvage; selvedge (the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray)
berm; shoulder (narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road)
roadside; wayside (edge of a way or road or path)
