Margin

mär′jin, n. an edge, border: the blank edge on the page of a book: something allowed more than is needed, in case of unforeseen things happening: a sum of money, or its value in securities, deposited with a broker to protect him against lo on transactions made on account: a deposit made by each of two brokers, parties to a contract, when one is 'called up' by the other.— v.t. to furnish with margins, enter on the margin.— ns. Marge , Marg′ent ( poet. ), edge, brink.— adjs. Marged ; Mar′ginal , pertaining to a margin: placed in the margin.— n. Marginā′lia , notes written on the margin.— v.t. Mar′ginalise , to furnish with notes.— adv. Mar′ginally .— adjs. Mar′ginate , -d , having a margin; Mar′gined .— Marginal credit , a method by which a merchant at home can render bills drawn upon him abroad saleable there, by a ociating a well-known banker's name on their margin with his own; Marginal notes , notes written or printed on the margin of a book or writing. [L. mar go , margin is ; cf. mark .]