margin : Idioms & Phrases

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gross margin

  • noun the ratio gross profits divided by net sales
    gross margin; margin of profit.
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gross profit margin

  • noun (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
    margin; gross profit.
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margin account

  • noun an account with a securities brokerage in which the broker extends credit
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margin call

  • noun a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
    call.
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Margin draft

  • (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints.
Webster 1913

Margin of a course

  • (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge.
Webster 1913

margin of error

  • noun the margin required in order to insure safety
    margin of error; margin of safety.
    • in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress
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margin of profit

  • noun the ratio gross profits divided by net sales
    gross margin; margin of profit.
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margin of safety

  • noun the margin required in order to insure safety
    margin of error; margin of safety.
    • in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress
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narrow margin

  • noun a small margin
    narrowness; slimness.
    • the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
    • the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
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profit margin

  • noun the ratio gross profits divided by net sales
    gross margin; margin of profit.
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safety margin

  • noun the margin required in order to insure safety
    margin of error; margin of safety.
    • in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress
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