Meaning & use

margin

noun·Academic

The blank space around the edge of a page, or a difference between two amounts.

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She wrote notes in the margin while reading the assigned chapter.

The team won the election by a narrow margin of just two hundred votes.

A note on using this word

In business, 'profit margin' refers to the percentage of revenue that remains after costs are subtracted.

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