Synonyms for margin

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mahr-jin

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɑr dʒɪn

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Définition of margin

Origin : mid-14c., "edge of a sea or lake;" late 14c., "space between a block of text and the edge of a page," from Latin marginem (nominative margo) "edge, brink, border, margin," from PIE *merg- "edge, border, boundary" (see mark (n.1)). General sense of "boundary space; rim or edge of anything" is from late 14c. Meaning "comfort allowance, cushion" is from 1851; margin of safety first recorded 1888. Stock market sense of "sum deposited with a broker to cover risk of loss" is from 1848. Related: Margins.

noun border; room around something

Example sentences :

But the margin has it "of thy servant," which does not agree with the person of the verb.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza

There is a limit to the best man's experience; a margin of error in the best man's judgment.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

We went down to the margin, under the bank, and pursued our way along the stream.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

In the margin of the register is written, “This was her funeral text.”
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

He perused the papers earnestly, making pencil-marks on the margin here and there.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

In that MS. the lines are all written out to the margin, without any regard to the measure.
Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin

"Now they've found it," one would be certain, stopping the pencil on the margin.
Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf

By the margin of a pond that we passed a tall night-heron was standing on one leg.
Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards

Hence they may be employed in cleaning books which have been defaced by writing on the margin, without impairing the text.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

The striations on the margin are deep and distinct, as in the Orange Amanita.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

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