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1margin — mar·gin / mär jən/ n 1: the difference between net sales and the cost of the merchandise sold from which expenses are usu. met or profits derived 2: the amount by which the market value of collateral is greater than the face value of a loan 3 a:… …
2Margin on Services — Margin on Services, also referred to as MoS , is the financial reporting method developed by the Australian Accounting Standards Board which relates to life insurance companies in Australia. Under MoS, the value of future surpluses expected to… …
3margin expansion — UK US noun [U] ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE an increase in the rate of profit a company makes on a product: »The pace of margin expansion is likely to be slower than we had expected …
4margin — the difference between the selling price and the purchase price of an item usually expressed as a percentage of the selling price. Compare mark up. Glossary of Business Terms Financial safeguards to ensure that clearing members (usually companies …
5Margin (finance) — For the 2011 film, see Margin Call. In finance, a margin is collateral that the holder of a financial instrument has to deposit to cover some or all of the credit risk of their counterparty (most often their broker or an exchange). This risk can… …
6Margin — 1. Borrowed money that is used to purchase securities. This practice is referred to as buying on margin . 2. The amount of equity contributed by a customer as a percentage of the current market value of the securities held in a margin account. 3 …
7Rate of return — In finance, rate of return (ROR), also known as return on investment (ROI), rate of profit or sometimes just return, is the ratio of money gained or lost (whether realized or unrealized) on an investment relative to the amount of money invested.… …
8Margin (economics) — This article concerns a concept of economic theory. For discussion of the term “margin” as used in the jargon of bourses, see “Margin (finance)”. In economics, a margin is a set of constraints conceptualised as a border.[1] A marginal change is… …
9Rate of return pricing — Target rate of return pricing is a pricing method used almost exclusively by market leaders or monopolists. You start with a rate of return objective, like 5% of invested capital, or 10% of sales revenue. Then you arrange your price structure so… …
10Margin Debt — 1. The dollar value of securities purchased on margin within an account. Margin debt carries an interest rate, and the amount of margin debt will change daily as the value of the underlying securities changes. 2. The aggregate value of all margin …
