Collocations for "margin"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "margin" in context.
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margin
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [large, huge, comfortable, small] margin
- [won, qualified, got through] by a [large] margin
- an [unsurmountable, unassailable, impossible, excellent] margin
- a [profit, sales] margin of [ten] percent
- won by a margin of [three] [points, goals]
- (the proposal) was approved by a margin of just [three] votes
- [made, posted, enjoyed] a healthy profit margin
- allow for a [two]- [percent, point, second] margin
- allow (for) a margin of [two] [percent]
- [can, must, should] be no margin for error
- a [small, large] margin of error
- there is room for a margin of error
- the [left, right, upper, lower] margin (of the page)
- typed with [two-inch] margins
- [adjust, change, widen, narrow, set, choose] the page margins
- [left, wrote, made] notes in the margin
- leave a margin of [one inch] on each side
- living on the margins of [society, poverty, humanity]
- the margins of the [woods, forest, jungle]
- margined with [blue, stripes, a logo]
- margin [a transaction, bills, bonds, an investment]
- margin for [losses, security]
- [heavily, wisely, under] margined
'margin' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):