Margin vs. Edge

Marginnoun

(typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.

Marginnoun

The edge or border of any flat surface.

Marginnoun

(figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.

Marginnoun

A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

Marginnoun

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

Marginnoun

(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

Marginnoun

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

Marginverb

(transitive) To add a margin to.

Marginverb

(transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.

Marginnoun

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

Marginnoun

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

Marginnoun

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

Marginnoun

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

Marginnoun

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. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin.

Marginverb

To furnish with a margin.

Marginverb

To enter in the margin of a page.

Marginnoun

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Marginnoun

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

Marginnoun

the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

Marginnoun

(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

Marginnoun

the blank space that surrounds the text on a page

Marginnoun

a strip near the boundary of an object;

Marginnoun

the edge or border of something

Marginnoun

the blank border on each side of the print on a page

Marginnoun

a line ruled on paper to mark off a margin.

Marginnoun

an amount by which something is won

Marginnoun

an amount of something included so as to be sure of success or safety

Marginnoun

the furthest limit of possibility, success, etc.

Marginnoun

a profit margin

Marginnoun

a sum deposited with a broker to cover the risk of loss on a transaction or account.

Marginnoun

an increment to a basic wage, paid for extra skill or responsibility.

Marginverb

provide with an edge or border

Marginverb

annotate or summarize (a text) in the margins

Marginverb

deposit an amount of money with a broker as security for (an account or transaction)

Edgenoun

The boundary line of a surface.

Edgenoun

(geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.

Edgenoun

An advantage.

Edgenoun

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

Edgenoun

A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.

Edgenoun

Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

Edgenoun

The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)

Edgenoun

(cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.

Edgenoun

(graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.

Edgenoun

In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; see also edging.

Edgeverb

(transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

Edgeverb

(intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.

Edgeverb

(usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.

Edgeverb

To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.

Edgeverb

(transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.

Edgeverb

(transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.

Edgeverb

To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

Edgeverb

(figurative) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

Edgeverb

To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

Edgenoun

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe.

Edgenoun

Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Edgenoun

Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

Edgenoun

The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.

Edgeverb

To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

Edgeverb

To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

Edgeverb

To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

Edgeverb

To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.

Edgeverb

To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards.

Edgeverb

To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

Edgeverb

To sail close to the wind.

Edgenoun

the boundary of a surface

Edgenoun

a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object;

Edgenoun

a line determining the limits of an area

Edgenoun

the attribute of urgency;

Edgenoun

a slight competitive advantage;

Edgenoun

a strip near the boundary of an object;

Edgeverb

advance slowly, as if by inches;

Edgeverb

provide with a border or edge;

Edgeverb

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary;

Edgeverb

provide with an edge;

Edgenoun

the outside limit of an object, area, or surface

Edgenoun

an area next to a steep drop

Edgenoun

the point immediately before something unpleasant or momentous occurs

Edgenoun

the sharpened side of the blade of a cutting implement or weapon

Edgenoun

the line along which two surfaces of a solid meet.

Edgenoun

an intense, sharp, or striking quality

Edgenoun

a quality or factor which gives superiority over close rivals

Edgeverb

provide with a border or edge

Edgeverb

move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction

Edgeverb

give an intense or sharp quality to

Edgeverb

strike (the ball) with the edge of the bat; strike a ball delivered by (the bowler) with the edge of the bat

Edgeverb

ski with one's weight on the edges of one's skis