There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
MARGIN
allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance
(noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
margin
(noun) an amount beyond the minimum necessary; “the margin of victory”
margin
(noun) the blank space that surrounds the text on a page; “he jotted a note in the margin”
margin, security deposit
(noun) the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
margin, border, perimeter
(noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
margin (plural margins)
(typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
The edge or border of any flat surface.
(figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.
(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
(finance) 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
margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)
(transitive) To add a margin to.
(transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.
Anagrams
• Ingram, Maring, arming, raming
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"gin, n. Etym: [OE. margine, margent, L. margo, ginis. Cf. March a border, Marge.]
1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake.
2. Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing.
3. (Com.)
Definition: The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article.
4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty.
5. (Brokerage)
Definition: Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. N. Biddle. Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints.
– Margin of a course (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge.
Syn.
– Border; brink; verge; brim; rim.
Mar"gin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Margined; p. pr. & vb. n. Marginging.]
1. To furnish with a margin.
2. To enter in the margin of a page.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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