Spread vs. Margin

Spreadverb

(transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space.

‘He spread his newspaper on the table.’;

Marginnoun

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

Spreadverb

(transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions.

‘I spread my arms wide and welcomed him home.’;

Marginnoun

The edge or border of any flat surface.

Spreadverb

(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area.

‘I spread the rice grains evenly over the floor.’;

Marginnoun

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

Spreadverb

(intransitive) To proliferate; to become more widely present, to be disseminated.

Marginnoun

A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

Spreadverb

(transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present.

‘The missionaries quickly spread their new message across the country.’;

Marginnoun

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

‘margin of error''’;

Spreadverb

(intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended.

‘I dropped my glass; the water spread quickly over the tiled floor.’;

Marginnoun

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

Spreadverb

(transitive) To smear, to distribute in a thin layer.

‘She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.’;

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.

Spreadverb

(transitive) To cover (something) with a thin layer of some substance, as of butter.

‘He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.’;

Marginverb

(transitive) To add a margin to.

Spreadverb

To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions.

‘to spread a table’;

Marginverb

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

Spreadverb

To open one’s legs, especially for sexual favours.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadnoun

The act of spreading.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadnoun

Something that has been spread.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadnoun

(cartomancy) A layout, pattern or design of cards arranged for a reading.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadnoun

An expanse of land.

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.

Spreadnoun

A large tract of land used to raise livestock; a cattle ranch.

Marginverb

To furnish with a margin.

Spreadnoun

A piece of material used as a cover (such as a bedspread).

Marginverb

To enter in the margin of a page.

Spreadnoun

A large meal, especially one laid out on a table.

Marginnoun

the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

Spreadnoun

(bread, etc.) Any form of food designed to be spread, such as butters or jams.

Marginnoun

a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

Spreadnoun

Food improvised by inmates from various ingredients to relieve the tedium of prison food.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadnoun

An item in a newspaper or magazine that occupies more than one column or page.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadnoun

Two facing pages in a book, newspaper etc.

Marginnoun

the blank space that surrounds the text on a page

Spreadnoun

A numerical difference.

Marginnoun

a strip near the boundary of an object;

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

Spreadnoun

The difference between the wholesale and retail prices.

Marginnoun

the edge or border of something

‘the eastern margin of the Indian Ocean’;

Spreadnoun

The difference between the price of a futures month and the price of another month of the same commodity.

Marginnoun

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

‘the notations in the margin’;

Spreadnoun

The purchase of a futures contract of one delivery month against the sale of another futures delivery month of the same commodity.

Marginnoun

a line ruled on paper to mark off a margin.

Spreadnoun

The purchase of one delivery month of one commodity against the sale of that same delivery month of a different commodity.

Marginnoun

an amount by which something is won

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

Spreadnoun

(trading) An arbitrage transaction of the same commodity in two markets, executed to take advantage of a profit from price discrepancies.

Marginnoun

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

‘there was no margin for error’;

Spreadnoun

(trading) The difference between bidding and asking price.

Marginnoun

the furthest limit of possibility, success, etc.

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

Spreadnoun

(finance) The difference between the prices of two similar items.

Marginnoun

a profit margin

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

Spreadnoun

(geometry) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadnoun

The surface in proportion to the depth of a cut gemstone.

Marginnoun

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

Spreadverb

To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail.

‘He bought a parcel of a field where he had spread his tent.’; ‘Here the RhoneHath spread himself a couch.’;

Marginverb

provide with an edge or border

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

Spreadverb

To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or greater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.

‘Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and spreadTheir branches hung with copious fruit.’;

Marginverb

annotate or summarize (a text) in the margins

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

Spreadverb

To divulge; to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; - often accompanied by abroad.

‘They, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.’;

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’;

Spreadverb

To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.

Spreadverb

To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their fragrance.

Spreadverb

To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.

Spreadverb

To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.

‘Boiled the flesh, and spread the board.’;

Spreadverb

To extend in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or stretched; to expand.

‘Plants, if they spread much, are seldom tall.’; ‘Governor Winthrop, and his associates at Charlestown, had for a church a large, spreading tree.’;

Spreadverb

To be extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.

Spreadverb

To be made known more extensively, as news.

Spreadverb

To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city.

Spreadnoun

Extent; compass.

‘I have got a fine spread of improvable land.’;

Spreadnoun

Expansion of parts.

‘No flower hath spread like that of the woodbine.’;

Spreadnoun

A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.

Spreadnoun

A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.

Spreadnoun

A privilege which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price, within a time agreed upon.

Spreadnoun

An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.

Spreadnoun

An arbitrage transaction operated by buying and selling simultaneously in two separate markets, as Chicago and New York, when there is an abnormal difference in price between the two markets. It is called a back spreadwhen the difference in price is less than the normal one.

Spreadnoun

Surface in proportion to the depth of a cut stone.

Spread

imp. & p. p. of Spread, v.

Spreadnoun

process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

Spreadnoun

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;

‘gap between income and outgo’; ‘the spread between lending and borrowing costs’;

Spreadnoun

farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

Spreadnoun

a haphazard distribution in all directions

Spreadnoun

a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers

Spreadnoun

a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;

‘a banquet for the graduating seniors’; ‘the Thanksgiving feast’; ‘they put out quite a spread’;

Spreadnoun

two facing pages of a book or other publication

Spreadnoun

the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age);

‘she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread’;

Spreadnoun

decorative cover for a bed

Spreadnoun

act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

Spreadverb

distribute or disperse widely;

‘The invaders spread their language all over the country’;

Spreadverb

become distributed or widespread;

‘the infection spread’; ‘Optimism spread among the population’;

Spreadverb

spread across or over;

‘A big oil spot spread across the water’;

Spreadverb

spread out or open from a closed or folded state;

‘open the map’; ‘spread your arms’;

Spreadverb

cause to become widely known;

‘spread information’; ‘circulate a rumor’; ‘broadcast the news’;

Spreadverb

become widely known and passed on;

‘the rumor spread’; ‘the story went around in the office’;

Spreadverb

strew or distribute over an area;

‘He spread fertilizer over the lawn’; ‘scatter cards across the table’;

Spreadverb

move outward;

‘The soldiers fanned out’;

Spreadverb

cover by spreading something over;

‘spread the bread with cheese’;

Spreadverb

distribute over a surface in a layer;

‘spread cheese on a piece of bread’;

Spreadadjective

distributed or spread over a considerable extent;

‘has ties with many widely dispersed friends’; ‘eleven million Jews are spread throughout Europe’;

Spreadadjective

prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out;

‘a table spread with food’;

Spreadadjective

fully extended in width;

‘outspread wings’; ‘with arms spread wide’;

Spreadverb

open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length

‘she helped Colin to spread out the map’; ‘I spread a towel on the sand and sat down’;

Spreadverb

stretch out (arms, legs, hands, fingers, or wings) so that they are far apart

‘Bobby spread his arms wide’;

Spreadverb

extend over a large or increasing area

‘rain over north-west Scotland will spread south-east during the day’;

Spreadverb

(of a group of people) move apart so as to cover a wider area

‘the Marines spread out across the docks’;

Spreadverb

distribute or disperse (something) over an area

‘volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere’;

Spreadverb

gradually reach or cause to reach a wider area or more people

‘she's always spreading rumours’; ‘the violence spread from the city centre to the suburbs’;

Spreadverb

(of people, animals, or plants) become distributed over a large or larger area

‘the owls have spread as far north as Kuala Lumpur’;

Spreadverb

distribute in a specified way

‘you can spread the payments over as long a period as you like’;

Spreadverb

apply (a substance) to an object or surface in an even layer

‘he sighed, spreading jam on a croissant’;

Spreadverb

cover (a surface) with a substance in an even layer

‘spread each slice thinly with mayonnaise’;

Spreadverb

be able to be applied in an even layer

‘a tub of unsalted butter that spreads so well’;

Spreadverb

lay (a table) for a meal.

Spreadnoun

the fact or process of spreading over an area

‘the spread of the urban population into rural areas’; ‘warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease’;

Spreadnoun

the extent, width, or area covered by something

‘the male's antlers can attain a spread of six feet’;

Spreadnoun

the wingspan of a bird

‘the red-tailed hawk has a four-and-a-half-foot spread’;

Spreadnoun

an expanse or amount of something

‘the green spread of the park’;

Spreadnoun

a large farm or ranch.

Spreadnoun

the range or variety of something

‘a wide spread of ages’;

Spreadnoun

the difference between two rates or prices

‘the very narrow spread between borrowing and deposit rates’;

Spreadnoun

short for point spread

Spreadnoun

a soft paste that can be applied in a layer to bread or other food

‘cheese spread’; ‘low-fat spreads’;

Spreadnoun

an article or advertisement covering several columns or pages of a newspaper or magazine, especially one on two facing pages

‘a double-page spread’;

Spreadnoun

a large and impressively elaborate meal

‘his mother laid on a huge spread’;

Spreadnoun

a bedspread

‘a patchwork spread’;