margin

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.d͡ʒɪn/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒɪn === Noun === 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. (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group. A difference or ratio 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 compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc. That which is ancillary; periphery. (botany) The shape of the edge of a leaf. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: 孖展 (maa1 zin2) → Korean: 마진 (majin) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined) (transitive) To add a margin to; to furnish with a margin. (transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin. (transitive, finance) To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral). === Further reading === “margin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “margin”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Ingram, Maring, arming, raming == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English margin, from Middle English margyn, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmarɡin/ [ˈmar.ɡɪn] Rhymes: -arɡin Syllabification: mar‧gin === Noun === margin (plural margin-margin) margin: edge Synonyms: batas, tepi 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. the edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc. Synonym: pias ==== Alternative forms ==== marjin ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “margin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin margo. === Noun === margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginer, definite plural marginene) a margin (most senses) ==== Synonyms ==== marg ==== Derived terms ==== feilmargin === References === “margin” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin margo. === Noun === margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginar, definite plural marginane) a margin (most senses) ==== Synonyms ==== marg ==== Derived terms ==== feilmargin === References === “margin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.