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- margin index nounA form of thumb-index using coloured blocks rather than indentations in a book's margins• • •Main Entry: ↑margin
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margin of safety — noun the margin required in order to insure safety in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress • Syn: ↑safety margin, ↑margin of error • Hypernyms: ↑margin, ↑index * * * : an arithmetical index … Useful english dictionary
margin of error — noun the margin required in order to insure safety in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress • Syn: ↑margin of safety, ↑safety margin • Hypernyms: ↑margin, ↑index * * * margin of error … Useful english dictionary
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margin — the difference between the selling price and the purchase price of an item usually expressed as a percentage of the selling price. Compare mark up. Glossary of Business Terms Financial safeguards to ensure that clearing members (usually companies … Financial and business terms
Margin — 1. Borrowed money that is used to purchase securities. This practice is referred to as buying on margin . 2. The amount of equity contributed by a customer as a percentage of the current market value of the securities held in a margin account. 3 … Investment dictionary
Margin (finance) — For the 2011 film, see Margin Call. In finance, a margin is collateral that the holder of a financial instrument has to deposit to cover some or all of the credit risk of their counterparty (most often their broker or an exchange). This risk can… … Wikipedia
index — A specialized average. Stock indexes may be calculated by establishing a base against which the current value of the stocks, commodities, bonds, etc., will change; for example, the S&P 500 index uses the 1941 1943 market value of the 500 stocks… … Financial and business terms
Index ETF — Exchange traded funds that follow a specific benchmark index as closely as possible. Index ETFs are much like index mutual funds, but whereas the mutual fund shares can only be redeemed at one price daily, the closing net asset value (NAV), index … Investment dictionary
margin of safety — Pharm. See therapeutic index. [1885 90, for an earlier sense] * * * … Universalium
