'margin' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'margin' with 6 example sentences.
- margin noun
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: the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
: an amount beyond the minimum necessary
: the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
: (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
: the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Our profit margin is very small.
This company's profit margin is very big.
Leave a margin on the paper when you write.
We left a margin for error in our estimates.
He wrote his comments in the margin of the composition.
His laziness is past the margin of endurance.