margin
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːd͡ʒɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɹd͡ʒ(ə)n/
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- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪn
Noun edit
margin (plural margins)
- (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
- The edge or border of any flat surface.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- 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[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, 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.
- (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from 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.
- A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
- 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC[2]:
- 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.
- 2017 March 9, James P. Pinkerton, “A Deus ex Machina for the Climate Change Problem”, in The American Conservative[3]:
- in Kentucky, for example, Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a nearly two-to-one margin
- 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 compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.
- 1848, William Armstrong, Stocks and Stock-Jobbing in Wall-Street:
- The purchaser then hands over this margin to the person with whom he hypothecates the Stock.
- That which is ancillary; periphery.
- This model merely nips at the margins.
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- → Cantonese: 孖展 (maa1 zin2)
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Verb edit
margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)
- (transitive) To add a margin to.
- (transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.
- (transitive, finance) To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).
Further reading edit
- “margin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “margin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English margin, from Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”).
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Noun edit
margin (plural margin-margin, first-person possessive marginku, second-person possessive marginmu, third-person possessive marginnya)
- margin:
- edge
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
- the yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
- (finance) 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.
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Further reading edit
- “margin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginer, definite plural marginene)
- a margin (most senses)
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References edit
- “margin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginar, definite plural marginane)
- a margin (most senses)
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References edit
- “margin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.