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 ;