the space around the printed or written matter on a page.

an amount allowed or available beyond what is actually necessary

to allow a margin for error.

a limit in condition, capacity, etc., beyond or below which something ceases to exist, be desirable, or be possible

the margin of endurance; the margin of sanity.

a border or edge.

Philately . selvage ( def. 3 ) .

Finance .

security, as a percentage in money, deposited with a broker by a client as a provision against loss on transactions.

the amount representing the customer's investment or equity in such an account.

the difference between the amount of a loan and the market value of the collateral pledged as security for it.

Commerce . the difference between the cost and the selling price.

an amount or degree of difference

The measure passed by a margin of just three votes.

Economics . the point at which the return from economic activity barely covers the cost of production, and below which production is unprofitable.

Entomology . the border of an insect's wing.

to provide with a margin or border.

to furnish with marginal notes, as a document.

to enter in the margin, as of a book.

Finance . to deposit a margin upon.

Stock Exchange . to purchase (securities) on margin

That stock was heavily margined during the last month.

noun

center , core , interior

noun

allowance , bound , boundary , brim , brink , compass , confine , edge , elbowroom * , extra , field , frame , hem , latitude , leeway , limit , lip , perimeter , periphery , play , rim , scope , selvage , shore , side , skirt , space , surplus , trimming , verge , borderline , edging , fringe , elbowroom , border , indentation , room

verb

bound , edge , fringe , rim , skirt , verge