Definition of marginatus
1. margin [ n ] the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Used in print:(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)
In_addition , it is small enough to get_into crevices , jacket and crown margins , malposed anteriors , and the back_teeth .
(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)
Even if gymnastics are not the ultimate goal , the good tumbler will be a better dancer , a better athlete , and a human_being with a greater margin of safety in any activity .
(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)
Utopia is still widely read because in_a_sense More stood on the margin of modernity .
And if he did stand on the margins of modernity , it was not in dying a martyr for such unity as Papal supremacy might be able to force on Western Christendom .
More stands on the margins of modernity for one reason alone - because he wrote Utopia .
Synonyms margin border perimeter Related Terms boundary bound2. margin [ n ] a permissible difference; allowing freedom to move within limits
Used in print:(The New York Times,...)
So he picked_up a stroke with the provisional ball and won the tournament by the margin of that stroke .
Synonyms margin allowance tolerance leeway Related Terms discrepancy allow3. margin [ n ] (corporate finance) net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
Synonyms gross_profit_margin margin gross_profit Related Terms net_income corporate_finance4. margin [ n ] the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
Synonyms security_deposit margin Related Terms down_payment5. margin [ n ] the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
Synonyms margin Related Terms space page6. margin [ n ] a strip near the boundary of an object
Examples:
"he jotted a note on the margin of the page"
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