margin
♦ mar|gin /m'ɑːrdʒɪn/ (margins)
1 [N-COUNT] with supp
A margin is the difference between two amounts, especially the difference in the number of votes or points between the winner and the loser in an election or other contest.
They could end up with a 50-point winning margin...
The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin...
2 [N-COUNT]
The margin of a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page.
She added her comments in the margin.
3 [N-VAR] with supp
If there is a margin for something in a situation, there is some freedom to choose what to do or decide how to do it.
The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error...
4 [N-COUNT] with supp
The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it.
...the low coastal plain along the western margin...
= edge, periphery
5 [N-PLURAL] with supp
To be on the margins of a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it.
Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
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see also profit marginprof|it mar|gin (profit margins)
[N-COUNT]
A profit margin is the difference between the selling price of a product and the cost of producing and marketing it. (BUSINESS)
The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.
1 [N-COUNT] with supp
A margin is the difference between two amounts, especially the difference in the number of votes or points between the winner and the loser in an election or other contest.
They could end up with a 50-point winning margin...
The Sunday Times remains the brand leader by a huge margin...
2 [N-COUNT]
The margin of a written or printed page is the empty space at the side of the page.
She added her comments in the margin.
3 [N-VAR] with supp
If there is a margin for something in a situation, there is some freedom to choose what to do or decide how to do it.
The money is collected in a straightforward way with little margin for error...
4 [N-COUNT] with supp
The margin of a place or area is the extreme edge of it.
...the low coastal plain along the western margin...
= edge, periphery
5 [N-PLURAL] with supp
To be on the margins of a society, group, or activity means to be among the least typical or least important parts of it.
Students have played an important role in the past, but for the moment, they're on the margins.
6
see also profit marginprof|it mar|gin (profit margins)
[N-COUNT]
A profit margin is the difference between the selling price of a product and the cost of producing and marketing it. (BUSINESS)
The group had a net profit margin of 30% last year.