margining
margining is the present participle and gerund of margin.
Meaning of margin
Verb
margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)
- To add a margin to; to furnish with a margin.
- The scale-like feathers of the breast are margined with rich metallic blue-green, which colour entirely covers the throat and sides of the neck, as well as the long pointed plumes which spring from the sides of the breast, and extend nearly as far as the end of the wings.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 410
- To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.
- To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral).
- This sounds easy, but bear in mind that margined portfolios decline faster than cash portfolios in a bear market.2011, Richard Lehman, Lawrence G. McMillan, Options for Volatile Markets, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 90
Questions about margining
- What is margining the present participle and gerund of?
- Margining is the present participle and gerund of margin.
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