margin Значение & определение

Значение на margin на български

• 0 the amount by which one thing is different from another:

  • The Senate approved the use of military force by a margin of 52 votes to 47.

  • The poll shows that the government is leading by the narrowest of margins.

• 1 the profit made on a product or service:

  • Our increased profits are due to improved margins and successful cost control.

  • Using cheap labour increases profit margin.

• 2 the empty space to the side of the text on a page, sometimes separated from the rest of the page by a vertical line:

  • If I have any comments to make, I'll write them in the margin.

  • The plant tends to grow in the lighter margins of woodland areas.

  • He spent the 1980s on the margins of British politics.

  • We need to reach out to those on the margins of society.

• 3 something that makes a particular thing possible, such as an extra amount of money, time, etc. allowed that makes it possible to deal with an emergency:

  • There is not much margin for creativity in a job like this.

  • They allow an additional safety margin of five minutes between planes taking off.

• 4 the border of empty space around the written or printed text on a page:

  • She was in the habit of making notes in the margins of her textbooks.

• 5 the amount or degree of difference between a higher amount and a lower amount:

  • He was reelected by a wide margin.

  • There is no margin for error – it’s got to work the first time.

  • The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4%.

• 6 the amount by which one thing is more or less than another:

  • by a margin of sth The president won the election by a tiny margin.

  • a wide/large/comfortable margin They are the largest building society by a comfortable margin.

  • a narrow/small/slim margin

  • a 40-vote/5-point/2-to-1, etc. margin On the New York Stock Exchange, declines outpaced gainers by a 4-3 margin.

  • Kennedy's margin of victory was only 719,000.

• 7 the difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for:

  • a low/poor margin Intense competition leads to lower prices and margins.

  • a high/good margin They wanted to produce higher margin products.

  • a margin on sth The company will make a whopping 80% margin on this sale.

  • Our increased profits are due to improved margins.

• 8 the difference between the amount of a loan and the value of the collateral (= property to be given to the lender if the money is not paid back):

  • The risk of default needs to be correctly priced in the bank's loan margins.

• 9 money, shares, etc. that a client gives to a broker to hold, that protect the broker from loss on a contract

• 10 If you buy shares on margin, you borrow money in order to do this:

  • Executives bought stocks on margin, putting up cash for only 10 per cent of the purchase price.