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undermargin

undermargin noun: the lower rim or margin of something.

Noun

undermargin (plural undermargins)

  1. The lower rim or margin of something.
    • In a valve of the type herein described, the combination of a valve casing provided with a partition dividing its interior into an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber and a piston chamber, the piston chamber having a lower portion of greater area than its upper portion, the said partition having a...1915, Domestic Engineering and the Journal of Mechanical Contracting
    • To overcome this difficulty, the undermargins of the poultice may be treated with Some oleaginous material such as petrolatum or one of the vegetable oils.1949, Rufus Ashley Lyman, Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing, page 119
  2. The lower margin of a page or of an inset image on a page, where it is possible to add a caption.
    • On the undermargin stands the inscription: "Abolish the Tsing, exterminate the Manchoos.”1866, Gustaaf Schlegel, Thian Ti Hwui: The Hung-league, Or Heaven-earth-league, page 40
    • Same plate, 3ᵈ state, fainter impression, the year 1658 in the undermargin eflaced, with the names of painter and engraver.1874, Frederik Muller, Catalogue of Books, Maps, Plates on America, and of a Remarkable Early Voyages
  3. A shortfall; the amount by which the value of an investment purchased on margin falls below the required maintenance amount.
    • In the instant case, it should be noted that the petitioner did not know the exact abount of its undermargin, and that even after its request for a statement of account, it was only some three months thereafter that private respondents were able to comply.1978, The Philippine Law Report - Volume 5, page xcvii
    • An undermargin or shortfall in security can occur at any time during a company's business cycle.1990, CA Magazine - Volume 123, page 36

Verb

undermargin (third-person singular simple present undermargins, present participle undermargining, simple past and past participle undermargined)

  1. To fall below margin; to create an undermargin.
    • In view of the second aspect of its control function, the Federal Reserve Board prohibits, with specified limited exceptions, the wisthdrawal of securities from general accounts where such withdrawals would undermargin such accounts.1973, American jurisprudence: a modern comprehensive text statement of American Law, State and Federal, Volume 69, page 852
    • Marchisi's account had a negative equity of $492 and was undermargined by $4,534.2006, David J. Sharp, Cases in Business Ethics, →ISBN, page 32
  2. To buy less on margin than one can afford.
    • Finally, exchanges need to be wary of adverse selection — positions that are undermargined would be heavily used while those that are overmargined would be less popular.2010, Robert W. Kolb, Lessons from the Financial Crisis, →ISBN

Examples of undermargin in a sentence

  • The angle formed by the anterior and undermargins is termed the heel (A-5) by Hsu, the angulo anterior-inferior by Malogolowkin.1962, Studies in Genetics, page 159:
  • The undermargin of the titlepage repaired, without loss of text.2013, Martinus Nijhoff, Catalogue of Books and Periodicals on International Law and Diplomatic History, →ISBN:
  • A $2,000 decrease in a long account would only have resulted in an undermargin amount of $1,000.1995, Michael T. Reddy, Securities operations:

Forms of undermargin

Noun
pluralundermargins
Verb
third-person singular presentundermargins
present participleundermargining
past participleundermargined
pastundermargined

Origin of undermargin

From under- + margin.

Questions about undermargin

What does undermargin mean?
Undermargin means the lower rim or margin of something.
How do you use undermargin in a sentence?
The angle formed by the anterior and undermargins is termed the heel (A-5) by Hsu, the angulo anterior-inferior by Malogolowkin.
What part of speech is undermargin?
Undermargin can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of undermargin?
The plural of undermargin is undermargins.

Words near undermargin in the dictionary

  1. undermanages
  2. undermanaging
  3. undermanned
  4. undermanning
  5. undermans
  6. undermargin
  7. undermargined
  8. undermargining
  9. undermargins
  10. undermark
  11. undermarked

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