margin — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

1. The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.

2. The edge or border of any flat surface.

   Exemplos

   Mais exemplos (2)

   Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

   The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

3. The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.

   Uso

   • figurado

   Exemplos

   As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.

4. A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

   Exemplos

   margin of victory

   Mais exemplos (1)

   Chelsea will point to that victory margin as confirmation of their superiority - but Spurs will complain their hopes of turning the game around were damaged fatally by Atkinson's decision.

   in Kentucky, for example, Trump beat Hillary Clinton by a nearly two-to-one margin

5. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

   Exemplos

   margin of error

6. The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

7. Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

   Exemplos

   The purchaser then hands over this margin to the person with whom he hypothecates the Stock.

   If you borrow from your broker via trading on margin, you need to add monthly margin interest charges to your trading costs as well.

8. That which is ancillary; periphery.

   Exemplos

   This model merely nips at the margins.

9. The shape of the edge of a leaf.

   Exemplos

   Red Whortleberry leaves have a crenate margin.

Verbo

1. To add a margin to; to furnish with a margin.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Exemplos

   Mais exemplos (1)

   The scale-like feathers of the breast are margined with rich metallic blue-green, which colour entirely covers the throat and sides of the neck, as well as the long pointed plumes which spring from the sides of the breast, and extend nearly as far as the end of the wings.

2. To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.

   Uso

   • transitivo

3. To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Exemplos

   This sounds easy, but bear in mind that margined portfolios decline faster than cash portfolios in a bear market.

Substantivo

1. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

   Sinônimos

   borderperimeter

   Termos mais gerais

   boundaryedgebound

2. an amount beyond the minimum necessary

   Termos mais gerais

   amount

   Exemplos

   the margin of victory

3. the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

   Sinônimos

   security deposit

   Termos mais gerais

   down paymentdeposit

4. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

   Sinônimos

   gross profitgross profit margin

   Termos mais gerais

   net incomenetnet profitlucreprofitprofitsearnings

5. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page

   Termos mais gerais

   spaceblank spaceplace

   Exemplos

   he jotted a note in the margin

6. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

   Sinônimos

   allowanceleewaytolerance

   Termos mais gerais

   discrepancydisagreementdivergencevariance