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2 margine
m margin( orlo) edge, brinkmargine di guadagno profit marginvivere ai margini della società live on the fringes of society* * *margine s.m.1 (orlo, ciglio) edge: il margine di un fosso, the edge of a ditch; il margine della strada, the side of the road; i ladri abbandonarono l'automobile sul margine della strada, the thieves abandoned the car by the side of the road; vivere ai margini della società, (fig.) to live on the fringe of society2 (di foglio) margin: margine ampio, stretto, wide, narrow margin; annotare qlco. sul margine di un libro, to make a note in the margin of a book; (comm.) importo indicato a margine, amount stated at margin // osservazioni in margine, (fig.) marginal observations3 (di tempo, spazio, denaro ecc.) margin: margine di sicurezza, margin of safety; un buon margine d'azione, a wide margin of action, of manoeuvre // (econ.): margine lordo, spread (o gross margin); margine di contribuzione, profit contribution (o contribution margin); margine netto, net margin; margine di utile lordo, gross income margin (o mark-up o mark-on); margine di copertura, (cover) margin; margine di guadagno, di profitto, profit margin (o margin of gain); tali prezzi non lasciano alcun margine, these prices allow of no margin // (fin.): margine di fluttuazione dei cambi, fluctuation (o flexibility) margin in exchange rates; margini di fluttuazione (delle monete), fluctuation bands (of currencies) // ( banca) margine di interesse bancario, spread // ( Borsa): margine del giorno, day's spread; margine dell'operatore di Borsa, jobber's turn (o amer. dealer spread)4 (med.) (di ferita) acies.* * *['mardʒine]1. sm(gen) margin, (di bosco, via) edgenote in o a margine — notes in the margin
avere un buon margine di tempo/denaro — to have plenty of time/money (to spare)
2.* * *['mardʒine]sostantivo maschile1) (bordo estremo) (di foresta, bosco) border, edge, fringe, margin; (di strada, lago) sidemargine del precipizio — edge o brink of the precipice
2) fig. (limite)3) (spazio bianco) margin4) (possibilità, spazio, tempo in più) marginabbiamo al massimo un margine di 10 minuti — we've got no more than 10 minutes o 10 minutes's leeway
vincere con largo margine — sport to win by a wide margin
5) comm. (profitto) (profit) margin•margine d'errore — margin of o for error
margine di garanzia o sicurezza safety margin; margine di tolleranza — tolerance
* * *margine/'mardʒine/sostantivo m.1 (bordo estremo) (di foresta, bosco) border, edge, fringe, margin; (di strada, lago) side; margine della strada roadside; margine del precipizio edge o brink of the precipice; i -i di una ferita the lips of a wound2 fig. (limite) ai -i della società on the fringes of society; essere ai -i della legalità to be verging on the illegal4 (possibilità, spazio, tempo in più) margin; margine di manovra room for manouvre; margine di libertà degree of freedom; abbiamo al massimo un margine di 10 minuti we've got no more than 10 minutes o 10 minutes's leeway; vincere con largo margine sport to win by a wide marginmargine d'errore margin of o for error; margine di garanzia o sicurezza safety margin; margine di tolleranza tolerance. -
3 ciglio
m (pl le ciglia) anatomy eyelash(pl i cigli) ( bordo) edge* * *1 eyelash; ( sopracciglio) eyebrow: lunghe ciglia, long eyelashes; aggrottare le ciglia, to frown (o to knit one's brows) // in un batter di ciglio, in a (o the) twinkling of an eye // non batté ciglio, (fig.) he did not turn a hair2 (poet.) ( occhio) eye; ( sguardo) look; ( volto) face: a ciglio asciutto, with dry eyes (o dry-eyed); abbassare le ciglia, to lower one's eyes4 ( bordo) edge, border, margin, brink, ( di strada di campagna) verge: ciglio d'un fosso, edge of a ditch; fermò l'auto sul ciglio della strada, he stopped the car at the side of the road.* * *1) (pl. ciglia) (eye)lash2) (sopracciglio) (eye)brow3) (pl. cigli) (di strada, fosso) edgesul ciglio della strada — at o by o on the roadside
••non battere ciglio — to keep a stiff upper lip, not to bat an eye
* * *cigliosostantivo m.1 (pl. ciglia) (eye)lash2 (sopracciglio) (eye)browsenza battere ciglio without flinching; non battere ciglio to keep a stiff upper lip, not to bat an eye.
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