noun
margin
MAH-jihn
noun
1
The blank space at the edge of a page.
"She scribbled notes in the margin of her textbook."
2
The difference between two amounts, especially the profit left after costs.
"The store operates on a thin profit margin."
"He won the election by a narrow margin."
3
Money deposited with a broker as collateral for buying securities on credit.
"She was trading on margin and lost heavily when the stock fell."
How to Use Margin
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBroadly, an edge or a gap — of a page, a result, or a profit.
Common pairings
profit margin
narrow margin
margin of error
trade on margin
Word Forms
margined past tense, margins plural, margins singular
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Etymology
From Latin margō ("edge, border"), via Old French — a doublet of marge and margo.