margining (Meaning)

a deposit made with a broker by a client who is trading in futures, an extra amount (as of time) allowed for use if needed, cash or collateral deposited in a regulated amount by a client with a broker who is financing the purchase of securities see also regulation t, the outside limit or edge of something (as a bodily part or a wound), the part of a page outside the main body of printed or written matter, a bare minimum below which or an extreme limit beyond which something becomes impossible or is no longer desirable, boundary area, the outside limit and adjoining surface of something, to buy (securities) on margin, measure or degree of difference, the difference between net sales and the cost of the merchandise sold from which expenses are usually met or profits derived, to use as margin, a spare amount or measure or degree allowed or given for contingencies or special situations, the amount by which the market value of collateral is greater than the face value of a loan, the part of consciousness at a particular moment that is felt only vaguely and dimly, to provide with an edging or border, to provide with a margin, the limit below which economic activity cannot be continued under normal conditions, cash or collateral that is deposited by a client with a commodity or securities broker to protect the broker from loss on a contract, the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter, to add margin to, the excess market value of collateral over the face of a loan, a range about a specified figure within which a purchase is to be made, to form a margin to, to provide margin for, the client's equity in securities bought with the aid of credit obtained specifically (as from a broker) for that purpose, the difference which exists between net sales and the cost of merchandise sold and from which expenses are usually met or profit derived, an area, state, or condition excluded from or existing outside the mainstream