Margin vs Spread - What's the difference?
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(typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank.
The edge or border of any flat surface.
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(figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.
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A difference between results, characteristics, scores.
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A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.
To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.
To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.
To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.
To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.
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, title= To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.
To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.
To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.
To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.
To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.
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(slang) To open one’s legs.
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The act of spreading or something that has been spread.
* Francis Bacon
An expanse of land.
* Addison
A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.
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A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).
A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.
Any form of food designed to be spread such as butters or jams
An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.
A numerical difference.
(business, economics) The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.
(trading, economics, finance) The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.
(trading, finance) The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.
(trading, finance) The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.
(trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.
(trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.
(finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.
(geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
In finance terms the difference between margin and spread
is that margin is collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc while spread is the difference between the prices of two similar items.As nouns the difference between margin and spread
is that margin is the edge of the paper that remains blank while spread is the act of spreading or something that has been spread.As verbs the difference between margin and spread
is that margin is to add a margin to while spread is to stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.margin
English
(wikipedia margin)Noun
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- The lobule margins , furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
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- As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.
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- margin of error
Derived terms
* extensive margin * intensive margin * gross margin * margin call * margin of error * safety marginExternal links
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Verb
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- to spread a table
- Boiled the flesh, and spread the board.
- This often sounds like the rap of a demented DJ: the way she moves has got to be good news, can't get loose till I feel the juice— suck and spread , bitch, yeah bounce for me baby.
- Yes I wore a slinky red thing. Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends, your father, Mr Ed?
- I don't want to move too fast, but / Can't resist your sexy ass / Just spread', ' spread for me; / (I can't, I can't wait to get you home)
Synonyms
* disseminate * circulate * propagate * put aboutDerived terms
* spread bettingNoun
(en noun)- No flower hath spread like that of the woodbine.
- I have got a fine spread of improvable land.
- - Can’t wait till I get my own spread and won’t have to put up with Joe Aguirre’s crap no more.
- I’m savin’ for a place myself.