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2. | margin - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | |
3. | margin - the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities Synonyms: security deposit | |
4. | margin - (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold Synonyms: gross profit, gross profit margin | |
5. | margin - the blank space that surrounds the text on a page | |
6. | margin - a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page" Synonyms: edge |