margin

n. area between the edge of a page and the written or printed text; border, edge; boundary, limit; profit from the difference between costs and net sales

v. set margins on typewriter or page; make comments in the margin; to set apart a particular area; set apart an additional amount of space or money for security

Margin may refer to:Margin (economics)Margin (finance), a type of financial collateral used to cover credit risk Margin (typography), the white space that surrounds the content of a page
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(v. t.)
To furnish with a margin.
  

(v. t.)
To enter in the margin of a page.
  

(n.)
The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.
  

(n.)
Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.
  

(n.)
Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.
  

(n.)
Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.
  

(n.)
A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
  

The edge or border of the tissue removed in cancer surgery. The margin is described as negative or clean when the pathologist finds no cancer cells at the edge of the tissue, suggesting that all of the cancer has been removed. The margin is described as positive or involved when the pathologist finds cancer cells at the edge of the tissue, suggesting that all of the cancer has not been removed.

1. In communications systems, the maximum degree of signal distortion that can be tolerated without affecting the restitution, i.e., without its being interpreted incorrectly by the decision circuit. 2. The allowable error rate, deviation from normal, or degradation of the performance of, a system or device.