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Meaning of margin

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  margin
      n 1: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the
           boundary [syn: {margin}, {border}, {perimeter}]
      2: an amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of
         victory"
      3: the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker
         when borrowing from the broker to buy securities [syn:
         {margin}, {security deposit}]
      4: (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services
         sold [syn: {gross profit}, {gross profit margin}, {margin}]
      5: the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted
         a note in the margin"
      6: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move
         within limits [syn: {allowance}, {leeway}, {margin},
         {tolerance}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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