n. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; "he jotted a note in the margin"

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

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

n. the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

n. the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

n. a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"