margin

mar|gin [ `mardʒın ] noun count **

▸ 1 space at side of page

▸ 2 amount something is won by

▸ 3 extra amount for safety

▸ 4 profit margin

▸ 5 edge of place

▸ 6 payment in case of loss

▸ 7 extra pay for worker

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) the space at the left or right side of a page where words are not usually printed or written:

in the margin: Someone's made notes in the margin.

a ) a line drawn down the side of an empty page in order to mark the area of a margin

2. ) the amount by which a competition or election is won:

a wide/narrow/large/small margin: The town's citizens voted by a narrow margin to reelect the mayor.

3. ) an additional amount of time, space, money, etc. that you include in order to be certain you will be safe or successful:

Wide safety margins had been set.

There's no margin for error we have to win.

4. ) BUSINESS a PROFIT MARGIN

5. ) the edge of a place or thing:

The Andes run along the western margin of South America.

6. ) BUSINESS an amount of money you give a STOCKBROKER to pay for possible losses on money they invest for you

7. ) AUSTRALIAN an extra amount paid to a worker who has a special skill or accepts additional responsibility

margin of error

the amount by which a number or calculation may be different from the correct one without causing a problem

the margins of something

the part of society or an organization that is not considered typical or that does not share its beliefs or values:

His ideas were relegated to the margins of conservative politics.