MARGIN
- Money borrowed from a brokerage firm to purchase securities; the practice is called buying a margin
- The amount of equity a customer contributed as a percentage of the present market value of the securities in a margin account
- In business, the difference between the price of a product or service and the production cost
- Part of the interest rate on an adjustable-rate mortgage, which is over and above the adjustment-index rate
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