Margin may refer to:

Physical or graphical edges

Margin (typography) In typography, a margin is the area between the main content of a page and the page edges. The margin helps to define where a line of text begins and ends. When a page is justified the text is spread out to be flush with the left and right margin ...

, the white space that surrounds the content of a page *

Continental margin A continental margin is the outer edge of continental crust abutting oceanic crust under coastal waters. It is one of the three major zones of the ocean floor, the other two being deep-ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges. The continental margi ...

, the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust *

Leaf margin A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, ste ...

, the edge of a leaf *

Resection margin A resection margin or surgical margin is the margin of apparently non-tumorous tissue around a tumor that has been surgically removed, called " resected", in surgical oncology. The resection is an attempt to remove a cancer tumor so that no por ...

, the tissue near a tumor that is removed to ensure that no cancer cells are left behind

Economics and finance

Margin of profit Profit margin is a measure of profitability. It is calculated by finding the profit as a percentage of the revenue. \text = = There are 3 types of profit margins: gross profit margin, operating profit margin and net profit margin. * Gross Pro ...

, the fraction of revenue that is left after paying expenses * Margin (economics), a set of constraints conceptualised as a border *

Margin (finance) In finance, margin is the collateral that a holder of a financial instrument has to deposit with a counterparty (most often their broker or an exchange) to cover some or all of the credit risk the holder poses for the counterparty. This risk ...

, a type of financial collateral used to cover credit risk * ''Margin'' (journal), an economics journal *

Contribution margin Contribution margin (CM), or dollar contribution per unit, is the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit. "Contribution" represents the portion of sales revenue that is not consumed by variable costs and so contributes to the covera ...

Gross margin Gross margin is the difference between revenue and cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by revenue. Gross margin is expressed as a percentage. Generally, it is calculated as the selling price of an item, less the cost of goods sold (e. g. producti ...

Figurative edges

* Margin (machine learning), the distance between a decision boundary and a data point *Marginal frequency distribution, in statistics ( Frequency distribution § Joint frequency distributions)

Other uses

* ''Margins'' (film), a 2022 Italian film by Niccolò Falsetti * ''The Margin'' (album), a 1985 album by Peter Hammill * ''The Margin'' (film), a 1976 French film by Walerian Borowczyk * ''The Margin'' (novel), a 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues; basis for the film *

Margasin Margasin ( fa, مرگسين, also Romanized as Margasīn; also known as Margīn) is a village in Qaqazan-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Takestan County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republi ...

, or Margin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * USS ''Margin'' (SP-2119), also ID-2119, a US Navy patrol boat 1918–1919

Physical or graphical edges

Economics and finance

Figurative edges

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