margin

• a permissible difference
• the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
• (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
• an amount beyond the minimum necessary
• the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
• the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
• A border
• Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing
• The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article
• Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty
• Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc
• To furnish with a margin
• To enter in the margin of a page
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Islamic Republic of Iran in Qazvin

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