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Margin vs. Indent — What's the Difference?

Margin vs. Indent — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Margin and Indent

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Margin

The edge or border of something
The eastern margin of the Indian Ocean

Indent

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

Margin

An amount by which something is won
They won by a convincing 17-point margin

Indent

Form deep recesses or notches in (a line or surface)
A coastline indented by many fjords

Margin

Provide with an edge or border
The plant's leaves are margined with yellow
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Indent

Make a requisition or written order for something
We were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days

Margin

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

Indent

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

Margin

An edge and the area immediately adjacent to it; a border.

Indent

Make a dent or impression in (something)
Sometimes voting-hole rectangles are merely indented by the voter's stylus

Margin

The blank space bordering the written or printed area on a page.

Indent

An official order or requisition for goods
Hawthorn refused to approve the indent for silk scarves

Margin

A limit in a condition or process, beyond or below which something is no longer possible or acceptable
The margin of reality.
Has crossed the margin of civilized behavior.

Indent

A space left by indenting text
Six-character indents

Margin

An amount allowed beyond what is needed
A small margin of safety.

Indent

An indentation
Every indent in the coastline

Margin

A measure, quantity, or degree of difference
A margin of 500 votes.

Indent

An indenture.

Margin

The minimum return that an enterprise may earn and still pay for itself.

Indent

To set (the first line of a paragraph, for example) in from the margin.

Margin

The difference between the cost and the selling price of securities or commodities.

Indent

To cut or tear (a document with two or more copies) along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for establishing authenticity.

Margin

The difference between the market value of collateral and the face value of a loan.

Indent

To draw up (a document) in duplicate or triplicate.

Margin

An amount in money, or represented by securities, deposited by a customer with a broker as a provision against loss on transactions made on account.

Indent

To notch or serrate the edge of; make jagged.

Margin

(Botany) The border of a leaf.

Indent

To make notches, grooves, or holes in (wood, for example) for the purpose of mortising.

Margin

To provide with a margin.

Indent

To fit or join together by or as if by mortising.

Margin

To be a margin to; border.

Indent

Chiefly British To order (goods) by purchase order or official requisition.

Margin

To inscribe or enter in the margin of a page.

Indent

To make or form an indentation.

Margin

To add margin to
Margin up a brokerage account.

Indent

Chiefly British To draw up or order an indent.

Margin

To deposit margin for
Margin a transaction.

Indent

To impress (a design, for example); stamp.

Margin

To buy or hold (securities) by depositing or adding to a margin.

Indent

The act of indenting or the condition of being indented.

Margin

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

Indent

A blank space before the beginning of an indented line
A two-pica indent.

Margin

The edge or border of any flat surface.

Indent

An indenture.

Margin

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

Indent

A US certificate issued at the close of the American Revolution for interest due on the public debt.

Margin

A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
Margin of victory

Indent

Chiefly British An official requisition or purchase order for goods.

Margin

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

Indent

An indentation.

Margin

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

Indent

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

Margin

(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

Indent

A stamp; an impression.

Margin

That which is ancillary; periphery.
This model merely nips at the margins.

Indent

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.

Margin

(transitive) To add a margin to.

Indent

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

Margin

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

Indent

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

Margin

To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).

Indent

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

Margin

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

Indent

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

Margin

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

Indent

(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.

Margin

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

Indent

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

Margin

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

Indent

To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
To indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant

Margin

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.

Indent

(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

Margin

To furnish with a margin.

Indent

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

Margin

To enter in the margin of a page.

Indent

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

Margin

The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Indent

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

Margin

A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

Indent

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

Margin

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

Indent

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

Margin

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

Indent

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.

Margin

The blank space that surrounds the text on a page

Indent

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

Margin

A strip near the boundary of an object;
He jotted a note on the margin of the page

Indent

To be cut, notched, or dented.

Indent

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

Indent

To contract; to bargain or covenant.
To indent and drive bargains with the Almighty.

Indent

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

Indent

A stamp; an impression.

Indent

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.

Indent

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

Indent

An order for goods to be exported or imported

Indent

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

Indent

Set in from the margin;
Indent the paragraphs of a letter

Indent

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

Indent

Make a depression into;
The bicycle dented my car

Indent

Notch the edge of or make jagged

Indent

Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant;
An indentured servant

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