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Margin

nounid 90428·updated May 18, 2026
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the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

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Variants

synonym
bordergross profitgross profit marginsecurity deposittolerance
plural
Margins
possessive
Margin's
pluralpossessive
Margins'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary6 sensesview framework →
§1
a permissible difference
§2
an amount beyond the minimum necessary
§3
the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
§4
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
§5
the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
§6
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

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