Business / Agriculture / Margin: The amount of money or collateral deposited by a customer with a broker, by a broker with a clearing member, or by a clearing member with the clearinghouse, for the purpose of insuring against loss on open futures contracts. The margin is not partial payment on a purchase. (1) Initial margin is the total amount of margin per contract required by the broker when a futures position is opened: (2) maintenance margin is a sum that must be maintained on deposit at all times. If the equity in a customer?€™s account drops to, or under, the level because of adverse price movement, the broker must issue a margin call to restore the customer?€™s equity. Sometimes called a performance bond.
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Margin Noun Synonyms: edge, border, perimeter, periphery, rim, lip, side, brink, verge
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Business / Finance / Margin Department: The department in a brokerage firm that monitors customers' margin accounts, ensuring that all short sales, stock purchases, and other positions are covered by the margin account balance. MORE
Business / Taxes / Net Margin: A company?€™s net margin, typically expressed as a percentage, is its net profit divided by its net sales. Net profit and net sales are the amounts the company has left after subtracting relevant MORE
Business / Finance / OTC Margin Stock: Shares traded over-the-counter that can be used as margin securities under Regulation T. MORE