margins
Borders of paper
Margins are the blank spaces surrounding text on a page, or more broadly, the edges or borders of any area.
In business, margin is the difference between cost and selling price—your profit margin.
To buy stock on margin is to borrow money from a broker to make the purchase.
Figuratively, margins suggest periphery or barely-sufficient amounts: living on the margins of society, winning by a narrow margin.
Something marginal exists at the edge, often implying minimal importance or viability.
Outer edge or limit
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
outline · demarcation · threshold · confines · limit · verge · brink · rim
Outermost edge or margin
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
- outsidersThose not belonging
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
- excludedShut out, denied entry
underrepresented · overlooked · sidelined · dispossessed · underserved · disadvantaged · outcasts · voiceless
Edge channel for runoff
- whitespaceUnprintable gap characters
- indentText set inward
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
notes · spacing · header · footer · border · layout · typesetting · formatting
Permissible margin of freedom
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- headroomOverhead vertical space
- flexibilityAbility to adapt easily
allowance · slack · cushion · room · play · latitude · surplus · reserve
Added percentage for profit
- spreadTo distribute widely
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- returnGo back again
- earningsMoney gained from work
revenue · percentage · razor-thin · overhead · break-even · viability
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- collateralSecurity for debt
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
futures · options · risk · volatility · exposure · liquidation · portfolio · brokerage
border
Outer edge or limit
periphery · outline · demarcation · threshold · confines · limit · verge · brink · rim · frontier
fringe
Outermost edge or margin
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
- outsidersThose not belonging
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
excluded · underrepresented · overlooked · sidelined · dispossessed · underserved · disadvantaged · outcasts · voiceless · invisible
gutter
Edge channel for runoff
- whitespaceUnprintable gap characters
- indentText set inward
- annotationAdded explanatory comment
marginalia · notes · spacing · header · footer · border · layout · typesetting · formatting · bleed
leeway
Permissible margin of freedom
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- headroomOverhead vertical space
flexibility · allowance · slack · cushion · room · play · latitude · surplus · reserve · contingency
markup
Added percentage for profit
earnings · revenue · percentage · razor-thin · overhead · break-even · viability
leverage
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- collateralSecurity for debt
borrowing · futures · options · risk · volatility · exposure · liquidation · portfolio · brokerage
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, layout
- document editingMicrosoft Word, Google Docs, word processors, formatting, text editors
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- visual designgraphic design, typography, color, layout, visual hierarchy
- brokeragestock trading, brokers, bond trading, commissions, securities trading
- margins of errorAllowable deviation in measurements
- marginalized groupPopulation facing systemic exclusion
- by a wide marginWith overwhelming difference
- profit marginRevenue exceeding costs ratio
- margin of victoryGap separating winner, loser
- margin for error
margin, marginal, marginalize, marginally, margined, marginality, marginalized, marginalizing, marginalizes