different between margin vs sideline

English

Etymology

From Middle English margyne, margine, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of marg? (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??d??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m???d?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??n

Noun

margin (plural margins)

1. (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
2. The edge or border of any flat surface.
3. (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
   • 1999, Pierre François, Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186,

     As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.

5. A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

   margin of victory

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

7. (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
8. (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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of N. Biddle to this entry?)

9. That which is ancillary; periphery.

Derived terms

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Translations

Verb

margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)

1. (transitive) To add a margin to.
2. (transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.

Further reading

• margin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• margin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Ingram, Maring, arming, raming

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin margo

Noun

margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginer, definite plural marginene)

1. a margin (most senses)

Synonyms

• marg

Derived terms

• feilmargin

References

• “margin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin margo

Noun

margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginar, definite plural marginane)

1. a margin (most senses)

Synonyms

• marg

Derived terms

• feilmargin

References

• “margin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• side line
• side-line

Etymology

side +? line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?dla?n/

Noun

sideline (plural sidelines)

1. A line at the side of something.
2. Something that is additional or extra or that exists around the edges or margins of a main item.

3. A line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
4. (sports) A line defining the side boundary of a playing field.
5. (sports) Usually in the plural: the area outside the playing field beyond each sideline.

6. (figuratively) The outside or perimeter of any activity.

7. (Canada) A secondary road, especially a byroad at right angles to a main road.

Translations

Verb

sideline (third-person singular simple present sidelines, present participle sidelining, simple past and past participle sidelined)

1. (sports, transitive) To place on the sidelines; to bench or to keep someone out of play.

   The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength.
2. (transitive) To remove or keep out of circulation or out of the focus.

   The illness sidelined him for weeks.

Translations

Anagrams

• disilene, lineside