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How to pronounce margin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gross profit, gross profit margin
Type of lucre, earnings, profits, net, net income, net profit, profit
Type Words
Synonyms security deposit
Type of deposit, down payment
Type Words
Synonyms allowance, leeway, tolerance
Type of discrepancy, divergence, variance, disagreement
Type Words
Synonyms border, perimeter
Type of boundary, edge, bound
Has types lip
Derivation marginal
Type Words
Type of amount
Has types margin of error, margin of safety, narrow margin, narrowness, safety margin, slimness


the margin of victory.
Type Words
Type of space, place, blank space


he jotted a note in the margin.

Examples of margin

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Her opponent, Rick Scott, a former health-care executive, won by a close margin.
From the online.wsj.com
Trading margin is the ratio of trading profit to revenue stated as a percentage.
From the hemscott.com
The increase was driven by strong revenue growth and improving operating margin.
From the foxbusiness.com
Proprietary software gross margin continued at a high level of 98% this quarter.
From the foxbusiness.com
She was elected to the United States Congress in 2008 by an overwhelming margin.
From the suntimes.com
Westminster shattered the state tournament record for biggest margin of victory.
From the stltoday.com
The decline in margin was basically because of higher product and freight costs.
From the forbes.com
As you can see, somehow Mitt Romney is at the top of each list by a wide margin.
From the infowars.com
The study was based on self-reported data, which often leaves a margin of error.
From the abcnews.go.com
More examples
  • The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
  • An amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of victory"
  • The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
  • Gross profit: (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
  • The blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted a note in the margin"
  • Allowance: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
  • In economics, a margin is a set of constraints conceptualised as a border. A marginal change is the change associated with a relaxation or tightening of constraints u2014 either change of the constraints, or a change in response to this change of the constraints.
  • In finance, a margin is collateral that the holder of a financial instrument has to deposit to cover some or all of the credit risk of his counterparty (most often his broker or an exchange). ...
  • In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to buy or sell a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality at a specified future date at a price agreed today (the futures price). The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. ...