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margin

n. the blank space that surrounds the text on a page

edge

n. a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"

profit margin

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

security deposit

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

tolerance, allowance, leeway

n. a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

confines

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

limit, bounds, boundary

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

threshold, verge, brink, frontier

n. a region marking a boundary

corner, turning point

n. the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

junction

n. the place where two or more things come together

brim, rim, lip

n. the top edge of a vessel or other container

room

n. an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

apartment, flat

n. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

lodging, housing

n. structures collectively in which people are housed

latitude

n. freedom from normal restraints in conduct; "the new freedom in movies and novels"; "allowed his children considerable latitude in how they spent their money"

freedom

n. the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

license

n. excessive freedom; lack of due restraint; "when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near"- Will Durant; "the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum"- Edmund Burke

advantage, vantage

n. the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

handicap

n. advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning

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