What is another word for margin?

Common synonyms for margin include allowance, leeway, tolerance.

What is the plural of margin?

The plural of margin is margins.

/ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/noun2 syllables

Margin means: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

noun, as in a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

noun, as in the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

noun, as in (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

gross profit, gross profit margin

noun, as in the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

security deposit

noun

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

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

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

an amount beyond the minimum necessary“the margin of victory”

the blank space that surrounds the text on a page“he jotted a note in the margin”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Although she wants to buy a vehicle, there is no margin to buy.unknown
On the field margin beside the stubble, poppies bobbed gently in the breeze.sundown
The notebook was packed with text, even in the margins.ngoomie
We left a margin for error in our estimates.kremel
We have a margin of just five minutes to change trains.unknown
We saw an old hut standing at the margin of the forest.unknown
His laziness is past the margin of endurance.Polgar1
He wrote his comments in the margin of the composition.Dejo

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

as a noun