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margin

noun
  1. a permissible difference
    tolerance
  2. an amount beyond the minimum necessary
    “the margin of victory”
  3. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page
    “They jotted a note in the margin.”
  4. (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
    gross profitgross profit margin
  5. the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
    security deposit
  6. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
    border