margin

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin marginis, genitive of margo (edge, brink, border, margin).

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Singular
margin

Plural
margins

margin (plural margins)

  1. (typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank.
  2. (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
  3. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits, as a margin of error.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to margin

Third person singular
margins

Simple past
margined

Past participle
margined

Present participle
margining

to margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)

  1. To add a margin to.

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