0 the amount by which one thing is different from another:
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:
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:
5 the amount or degree of difference between a higher amount and a lower amount:
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 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:
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):
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:
The election was won by the very narrow margin of only 185 votes.
She won the presidency by a wide margin.
The president won the election by a razor-thin margin.
Each new paragraph should be indented about two centimetres from the margin.
She made some jottings in the margin of the book she was reading.
She ornamented her letters with little drawings in the margin.
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