margin vs windrow

margin

noun
  • The edge or border of any flat surface. 

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

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

  • margin of victory 

  • That which is ancillary; periphery. 

  • 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. 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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