Margins can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| margin - To add a margin to. | ||
Noun |
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| margin - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | ||
| margin - an amount beyond the minimum necessary; "the margin of victory" | ||
| margin - the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted a note in the margin" | ||
| margin - the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities | ||
| margin - (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold | ||
| margin - a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits |
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| 1. | noun | This company uses cheap labor to increase its profit margins. | |
| 2. | noun | Enigmatic mining billionaire Clive Palmer has just been elected to the Australian parliament, with one of the smallest margins in history. | |
| 3. | noun | This car dealership has very thin profit margins. | |
| 4. | noun | Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know. | |
| 5. | noun | Tom finished with a withering burst and won the race by the smallest of margins. | |
| 6. | noun | Francis said believers should aid those suffering on life's margins, saying Jesus is present in those people. | |
| 7. | noun | The automobile industry is highly automated; this is the only way it manages to maintain its corporate margins. | |
| 8. | noun | The margin of victory. | |
| 9. | noun | He jotted a note in the margin. | |
| 10. | noun | Enron total gain not counting ENA's trading desk margin is $1,922,000. | |
| 11. | noun | We left a margin for error in our estimates. | |
| 12. | noun | This product brought us a large margin. | |
| 13. | noun | I allowed a margin of ten minutes. | |
| 14. | noun | We have a margin of just five minutes to change trains. | |
| 15. | noun | We saw an old hut standing at the margin of the forest. |
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| This company uses cheap labor to increase its profit margins. | |
| Enigmatic mining billionaire Clive Palmer has just been elected to the Australian parliament, with one of the smallest margins in history. | |
| This car dealership has very thin profit margins. | |
| Faith is a never-ending pool of clarity, reaching far beyond the margins of consciousness. We all know more than we know we know. | |
| Tom finished with a withering burst and won the race by the smallest of margins. | |
| Francis said believers should aid those suffering on life's margins, saying Jesus is present in those people. | |
| The automobile industry is highly automated; this is the only way it manages to maintain its corporate margins. | |
| The margin of victory. |
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| He jotted a note in the margin. |
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| Enron total gain not counting ENA's trading desk margin is $1,922,000. |
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| We left a margin for error in our estimates. | |
| This product brought us a large margin. | |
| I allowed a margin of ten minutes. | |
| We have a margin of just five minutes to change trains. | |
| We saw an old hut standing at the margin of the forest. | |