Margin vs. Indent

Marginnoun

(typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.

Indentnoun

A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

Marginnoun

The edge or border of any flat surface.

Indentnoun

A stamp; an impression.

Marginnoun

(figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.

Indentnoun

A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.

Marginnoun

A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

Indentnoun

A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

Marginnoun

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

‘margin of error''’;

Indentverb

(transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth

‘to indent the edge of paper’;

Marginnoun

(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

Indentverb

(intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.

Marginnoun

(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principal, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.

Indentverb

To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress

‘indent a smooth surface with a hammer’; ‘to indent wax with a stamp’;

Marginverb

(transitive) To add a margin to.

Indentverb

(historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.

Marginverb

(transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.

Indentverb

To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.

Marginnoun

A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.

Indentverb

To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.

‘to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant’;

Marginnoun

Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.

Indentverb

(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.

‘to indent the first line of a paragraph one em’; ‘to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first’;

Marginnoun

The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.

Indentverb

To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

Marginnoun

Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.

Indentverb

To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

Marginnoun

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. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin.

Indentverb

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

Marginverb

To furnish with a margin.

Indentverb

To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.

Marginverb

To enter in the margin of a page.

Indentverb

To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.

Marginnoun

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Indentverb

To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.

Marginnoun

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

Indentverb

To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

Marginnoun

the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities

Indentverb

To be cut, notched, or dented.

Marginnoun

(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold

Indentverb

To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.

Marginnoun

the blank space that surrounds the text on a page

Indentverb

To contract; to bargain or covenant.

‘To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty.’;

Marginnoun

a strip near the boundary of an object;

‘he jotted a note on the margin of the page’;

Indentnoun

A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.

Marginnoun

the edge or border of something

‘the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean’;

Indentnoun

A stamp; an impression.

Marginnoun

the blank border on each side of the print on a page

‘the notations in the margin’;

Indentnoun

A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.

Marginnoun

a line ruled on paper to mark off a margin.

Indentnoun

A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.

Marginnoun

an amount by which something is won

‘they won by a convincing 17-point margin’;

Indentnoun

an order for goods to be exported or imported

Marginnoun

an amount of something included so as to be sure of success or safety

‘there was no margin for error’;

Indentnoun

the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

Marginnoun

the furthest limit of possibility, success, etc.

‘the lighting is brighter than before but is still at the margins of acceptability’;

Indentverb

set in from the margin;

‘Indent the paragraphs of a letter’;

Marginnoun

a profit margin

‘launching these new products helped increase margins and market share’;

Indentverb

cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication;

‘indent the documents’;

Marginnoun

a sum deposited with a broker to cover the risk of loss on a transaction or account.

Indentverb

make a depression into;

‘The bicycle dented my car’;

Marginnoun

an increment to a basic wage, paid for extra skill or responsibility.

Indentverb

notch the edge of or make jagged

Marginverb

provide with an edge or border

‘the plant's leaves are margined with yellow’;

Indentverb

bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant;

‘an indentured servant’;

Marginverb

annotate or summarize (a text) in the margins

‘these he deals forth as the notable Matters, margined for better Notice’;

Indentverb

start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text

‘type a paragraph of text and indent the first line’;

Marginverb

deposit an amount of money with a broker as security for (an account or transaction)

‘new contracts are margined with the winnings of previously held contracts’;

Indentverb

form deep recesses or notches in (a line or surface)

‘a coastline indented by many fjords’;

Indentverb

make a requisition or written order for something

‘we were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days’;

Indentverb

divide (a document drawn up in duplicate) into its two copies with a zigzag line, thus ensuring identification and preventing forgery.

Indentverb

draw up (a legal document) in exact duplicate.

Indentverb

make a dent or impression in (something)

‘sometimes voting-hole rectangles are merely indented by the voter's stylus’;

Indentnoun

an official order or requisition for goods

‘Hawthorn refused to approve the indent for silk scarves’;

Indentnoun

a space left by indenting text

‘six-character indents’;

Indentnoun

an indentation

‘every indent in the coastline’;

Indentnoun

an indenture.