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1. The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
   - border, perimeter
    
2. An amount beyond the minimum necessary
   "the margin of victory"
    
3. The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
   - security deposit
    
4. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
   - gross profit, gross profit margin
    
5. The blank space that surrounds the text on a page
   "he jotted a note in the margin"
    
6. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
   - allowance, leeway, tolerance

Derived forms: margins

Type of: amount, blank space, bound, boundary, deposit, disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, down payment, earnings, edge, lucre, net, net income, net profit, place, profit, profits, space, variance

Part of: page

Encyclopedia: Margin, Iran