least vs margin

least

noun
  • Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit. 

prep
  • At least. 

  • What a stupid white privileged POS I am! Least I call myself out. 

  • 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 79 

adv
  • Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est. 

  • In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others. 

det
  • The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something. 

margin

noun
  • That which is ancillary; periphery. 

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

  • The edge or border of any flat surface. 

  • The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production. 

  • margin of victory 

  • The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group. 

  • The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc. 

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To enter (notes etc.) into the margin. 

  • To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral). 

  • To add a margin to. 

How often have the words least and margin occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )