Definition of margin

"margin" in the noun sense

1. margin, border, perimeter

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

2. margin

an amount beyond the minimum necessary

"the margin of victory"

3. margin, security deposit

the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

4. gross profit, gross profit margin, margin

finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

5. margin

the blank space that surrounds the text on a page

"he jotted a note in the margin"

6. allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance

a permissible difference allowing some freedom to move within limits

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Quotations for margin

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. [ Thoreau ]

As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and superficial order of garments (in man or woman) give us a taste of the spirit, and demonstratively point (as it were a manual note from the margin) all the internal quality of the soul; and there cannot be a more evident, palpable, gross manifestation of poor, degenerate, dunghilly blood and breeding than a rude, unpolished, disordered, and slovenly outside. [ Massinger ]

margin in Scrabble®

The word margin is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters margin:

ARMING
(36)
MARGIN
(36)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word margin

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In margin

ARMING
(36)
MARGIN
(36)
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(33)
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(33)
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(30)
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margin in Words With Friends™

The word margin is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters margin:

ARMING
(66)
MARGIN
(66)
MARGIN
(66)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word margin

MARGIN
(66)
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(66)
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(60)
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(54)
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(48)
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(13)
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(13)
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(13)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In margin

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(66)
MARGIN
(66)
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(66)
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(60)
ARMING
(60)
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(60)
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(54)
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(54)
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(51)
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(51)
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(51)
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(48)
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(48)
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(48)
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