MARGIN


Meaning of MARGIN in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a margin of error (= the degree to which a calculation might be wrong )

We have to allow for a small margin of error in the calculations.

gross margin

profit margin

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

big

The supermarkets then found that they could charge bigger margins on goods that were peripheral to their core business, processed foods.

They lost in the general elections by the two biggest margins in the post-war period.

That kind of morale booster is infectious and they could well have won by a bigger margin .

If so, Britain would be outpacing the continent by the biggest margin for more than two decades.

Stewart slotted in well in his first full game and Liverpool should have won by a much bigger margin .

Mr Bush would dearly like a congressional resolution of this sort, passed by a big margin after a short debate.

That was just unbelievable and to win 6 &038; 5 in a fourball is a big margin .

comfortable

But even there Dole won by a comfortable 12-point margin .

He strolled home by a comfortable margin thanks to some good body work early on.

continental

Except where subduction zones lie adjacent to mountain belts on continental margins , plate boundaries do not coincide with continental coastlines.

Many continental margins are not separated by subduction zones from the divergent boundaries marked by mid-oceanic ridges.

It is possible that a similar flexural effect is associated with great escarpments along passive continental margins .

The sequence of continental-margin orogen development begins with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere at, or close to, a continental margin .

The first sections of the converging continental margins to collide suffer the most intense deformation.

The resulting orogen would be a modified continental margin type.

gross

It is really an accounting problem, and a balance must be struck between channel expense, profit and gross margins .

The gross margin was 20. 7 percent in the fourth quarter.

A manufacturer using short channels is more likely to have high gross margins , but equally higher channel expenses.

It blamed lower holiday sales, crimped gross margin , stormy weather and higher costs.

These machines have a gross margin of 50 percent.

But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins .

The manufacturer using longer channels will have relatively lower gross margins , coupled with lower channel expenses.

A gross margin of $ 62, 500 is anticipated on $ 250, 000 in sales.

high

A manufacturer using short channels is more likely to have high gross margins , but equally higher channel expenses.

The profit margin rose on productivity improvements and increased sales of higher-margin on-site industrial gas plants.

But they need to specialise, be creative and target their marketing activities effectively, as well as offer other higher margins services too.

The maker of high-margin switching products said it will post lower-than-expected earnings from the fourth quarter.

Sales of the higher margin 6000 Series are expected generate an increasingly higher proportion of the company's revenues in fact.

Smaller companies will pay a higher margin .

The latter allows more focused advertising and distribution and probably higher margins .

The possibility of a high gross profit margin . 6.

initial

Instead, both buyer and seller pay an initial margin , and these payments are held by the clearing house.

The initial margin on the ST3 contract is 750.

There is a lower level of initial margin on straddle positions.

large

The close score after 12 games confounds pre-match predictions that Kasparov would win this time by a large margin .

The result was a 131-98 Boston blowout at the FleetCenter, the Celtics' largest victory margin of the season.

In 1955/6 budgets were generally overspent and by a larger margin than in earlier years.

Courier beat Stefan Edberg in the final, which failed by a large margin to live up to it's billing.

By a large margin , the gathering predicted that Bush would be re-elected in a landslide.

Many pilots undershoot or overshoot their chosen spot by large margins .

Ronald Reagan received an even larger margin in 1984; but he had margins almost as big among whites elsewhere.

left

Each time you press F4, the left margin will shift over another five spaces.

The term justified means that the text lines up down both left and right margins , just like in a book.

Instead, create this style by using Shift-Tab to release the left margin .

Since the column that we moved originally started at the left margin , no tab codes preceded it.

Press the underline character until it reaches the left margin .

This sets a left margin at position 1 and a right margin at 132.

The first column starts at the left margin .

low

The manufacturer using longer channels will have relatively lower gross margins , coupled with lower channel expenses.

Wild speculation, low margin requirements and sheer panic triggered the free fall that set off the Great Depression.

Place the acetate film gently across the lower margin of the specimen where a pool of acetone will have collected.

A lone distant figure walks down the road that bleeds across the lower margin of the photograph.

This control has meant lower margins for retailers, and manufacturers being able to dictate the in-store location of their particular products.

That distracts time and attention into sectors which typically offer lower profit margins than drugs.

But as it's such a low-margin business, they're more likely to stretch things.

For this they grow large amounts of fodder crops on fields in the main valleys or on the lower margins of the uplands.

narrow

It thus provides lower cost loans by operating with narrower interest rate margins than those of domestic banking operations.

Kennedy won the election by a narrow margin .

Isn't this my own handwriting running sideways down the narrow margin ?

While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.

Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin .

We work on a very narrow margin .

A month ago, the all-Union Supreme Soviet voted against discussing the issue by only the narrowest of margins .

So Weinke took the Heisman by a narrow margin and Heupel is anything but a loser.

net

Its 25% net margin is bettered in the computer industry only by Intel, the world's biggest micro-processor maker.

The net profit margin would be 2.1 to 2.3 per cent.

In the long term, he concedes, Microsoft's net margins will be nearer 15% than 25%.

A net margin increase of over 50 cents a barrel contributed to this good short-term performance.

passive

It is possible that a similar flexural effect is associated with great escarpments along passive continental margins .

Clearly models of passive margin evolution must be able to account for the development of these upwarps.

Such detachment models predict that two types of passive margin will be produced by continental rupture.

A number of other passive margins , however, show no sign of such major volcanism.

right

If the right margin is altered move the page number to keep the two in alignment, if so desired.

Long quotations, for example, should be indented from both the left and right margins .

It may, for instance, be better to leave type unjustified in the right margin .

This moves both the right and left margins in five spaces at a time.

The term justified means that the text lines up down both left and right margins , just like in a book.

This sets a left margin at position 1 and a right margin at 132.

The Wordwrap feature can, on some programs, be disabled to let the text overrun the right hand margin .

You are then prompted for the position number for the new right margin .

significant

Recent polls say if the election were held today, Clinton would beat Dole by a significant margin .

slim

The assembly endorsed the new prime minister by the slimmest of margins .

But through it all, the majestic wolf has maintained its grip on existence, albeit by some very slim margins .

Even so Adenauer was only elected Chancellor by a slim margin - 202 votes out of 404.

The Panthers edged the Barons by the slimmest of margins in a dual meet on Jan. 21.

The result is a slim margin of profit.

That will mean much slimmer margins .

small

More importantly to Branson, it meant Virgin were on a far smaller margin of any profit.

By a smaller margin , the audience said that Prince Charles should not become king.

A similar resolution was approved by the House of Representatives in June, but by a much smaller margin .

In size and significance, if not charm, Sydney has won out by a small margin .

Yet after one subtracts the small margin of great judges, there is something wrong with the remaining lot of them.

Such people may indeed be giving themselves some small margin of immunological protection.

wide

Each volume is beautifully produced, on thick paper with wide margins and a general air of elegance.

But voters are preferring other candidates to Gramm by wide margins .

This beats even the great Bobby Fischer by a wide margin .

The initiative passed by a wide margin , but initial court rulings have enjoined its enforcement.

It allows for artists and historians to explore in the wider margins works and strategies neglected or dismissed by modernism.

So far, its return has outpaced the Gfund and Ffunds by a wide margin .

Articles for the press should be written with double spacing and wide margins .

Leave wide margins on both sides of each page.

■ NOUN

operating

Worried men Operating margins have increased to 30% or so, putting garbage up with pharmaceuticals in terms of profitability.

But its operating margins collapsed, falling from 8.1% to 4.3%.

Penguin's operating margin was just over 8%, compared with 6.7% in 1991.

plate

The most important of these variables is probably the heating of the plate margin since this will affect its thickness and strength.

The main types of convergent plate margin and their possible modes of development are summarized in Table 3.1.

If this were not the case significant deformation would occur within plates rather than being concentrated along plate margins .

There are three types of plate margin , two of which we have already come across.

The latter two are simple destructive plate margin volcanoes, but the Plate Tectonic setting of Vesuvius is a bit complex.

point

White southerners voted for Mr Bush by a 35-\#point margin .

Last July Labour had a two point margin at 34 to 32 per cent.

profit

But his concern for profit margins kept wage levels low and he was intensely suspicious of trade unionism.

Francis noted that strong profit margins and a committed, rock-solid management team were the key elements for a successful start-up.

In the fixed-commission mid-1960s, profit margins were about 25% on total revenue.

Executives point to increased regulatory pressures as well as scrawny profit margins on underwriting new state and local government issues.

That distracts time and attention into sectors which typically offer lower profit margins than drugs.

His backup was cement, and he knew exactly what profit margin to expect on it.

The result is that the unit price becomes even higher as publishers protect their desired profit margin .

Beyond those, they cite the high costs of customer disaffection, which drives down both profit margins and market share.

safety

Another effect of the flare is to wind up the blade speed which helps to give a greater safety margin .

■ VERB

expect

Although he expects margins to keep on falling during the coming year, he does believe the rate of decline will slow.

The company expects revenues and gross margins in the fourth quarter to be flat to slightly higher than the just-ended quarter.

We also expect marketing margins to be weaker in the first quarter because of the effect on demand of the generally mild weather.

improve

These cost reductions are improving our margins and profitability.

When the business began to slow down, he decided that he would offer liquor to improve his profit margins .

Aubourn Farming's Philip Wynn believes there's still much that can be done to improve the gross margin .

Now, retailers are looking to better manage their inventories to improve profit margins , Doolittle said.

increase

Company 2 has a much more rapidly declining experience curve and is increasing its margins .

As more capital is raised, the cost increases at the margin , increasing the marginal cost in increments.

leave

She takes a prehistoric triangle of chalk and leaves a margin for the seams.

This moves both the right and left margins in five spaces at a time.

That doesn't leave much margin for error.

So, go for skeleton notes - and leave plenty of margins and space round your notes.

You designed two uneven columns. the first column starts at the default left margin and is 20 characters wide.

maintain

Dowding has held its rates, maintaining its gross margins , but inevitably lost some business.

The Bruins also maintained a two-game margin over Arizona and Stanford, their opponent on Saturday.

operate

Throughout her life she operated on the fruitful margin that arbitrarily separates the statutory from the voluntary body.

Whatever the merits of such proposals, they would operate only at the margins of the costs that most families incur.

The bank's operating margin was below the 20.8 per cent increase registered in September.

Group operating margins exceeded 20 % for the first time in Emap's history.

In such conditions the government operates only at the margin of social activity.

Altman has always operated on the margins of the industry.

reduce

These measures will also benefit the refining sector, once capacity is reduced and industry margins recover.

The coaches want to call every play and reduce their margin for error.

The same result may occur even if the tenant does not consciously reduce his profit margin .

squeeze

Giant and inefficient marketing boards have had the opposite effect of their nominal purpose, and have further squeezed farmers' margins .

Financial stocks dropped on concern that Treasury bonds yields are headed up, squeezing banks profit margins .

Falling stock markets and a lack of merger activity have squeezed margins and profits in investment banks.

But deflation is also squeezing corporate margins and making it harder to tackle the high levels of corporate and national debts.

vote

If you look merely at voting margins , there is a dead heat.

Cahill said 416, 000 of the targeted women did vote , creating the margin of victory for Sen.

win

That kind of morale booster is infectious and they could well have won by a bigger margin .

Labor was pleased, the protests were squelched and Clinton won by a hefty margin .

Denver has trampled through its opponents, winning by a margin of nearly 18 points a game.

The winning margin was 352 runs but the damage done to them can not be measured by mere numbers.

A little later Hilary Homeyer beat the 17-year-old Becky Brewerton, and a winning margin was secured.

That equalled the score at Nairn two years ago, which was a record winning margin for them.

At the end I slowed my pace because the important thing is to win , not the margin you do it by.

write

Excuses, wrote Goldberg in the margin of his typescript with a felt-tip pen, an end to excuses.

It would also be helpful to write in the left-hand margin where you used the skills.

Glass, wrote Goldberg in the margin , mirror of delay.

You get feedback written on the margins on your page or typed on a separate piece of paper.

He has also revealed notes written in the margins of Latin manuscripts by Gothic hands and then rubbed out by later owners.

Read your story through carefully; each time you come across a transferable skill write it in the margin at the right.

Long run, wrote Goldberg in the margin , wiping the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, no meaning.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a thin margin/majority etc

narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc

Adjust the starting point so that you avoid a very narrow margin at the perimeter.

Crowds gathered in central Lima last Sunday night to cheer his narrow victory over former president Alan Garcia.

John F.. Kennedy that helped propel the handsome young Massachusetts Democrat to a narrow victory.

On election night, however, the team squeaked out a narrow victory.

Surprise! the seventh firm won the tender by a narrow margin.

Their relatively late arrival in the quarter coupled with their costs and the narrow margins on the surprise Model 20 impacted earnings.

Was Buzz Calkins' narrow victory over Tony Stewart enough to keep them interested?

While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.

razor-thin victory/margin

Years of price wars, for example, have created razor-thin margins in personal computers.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an eight-goal margin of defeat

She widened the margins so her essay would look longer.

Someone had written a note in the left-hand margin .

The program sets the margins automatically.

There were notes pencilled in the margin .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

By early 1986 margins had narrowed.

Considerable margins of uncertainty are associated with the best-fit climate sensitivities identified in an analysis of this type.

In size and significance, if not charm, Sydney has won out by a small margin .

The margin of error for the study was plus or minus 5 percentage points.

The desired margin size is a positive function of the volatility of futures prices.

The poll, which showed Forbes leading Dole by a 31-22 percent margin , figured that 27 percent of independents would vote.

The supermarkets then found that they could charge bigger margins on goods that were peripheral to their core business, processed foods.

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