MARGIN LINE Definition & Meaning

margin line

noun

Nautical.

an imaginary line used in making calculations regarding the flooding of hulls, running fore-and-aft 3 inches (8 centimeters) below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at the side.
the line along which the planking on a transom-sterned vessel terminates aft.

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Origin of margin line¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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Tesla doesn’t break out figures for its energy operations beyond the gross margin line.

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Annualized, that equates to a return of just 3.6% on the $4.9 billion transaction value — at the gross margin line.

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“Mitt Romney may have pleased Democrats and the media with his recent op-ed criticizing President Trump, but Republican voters by a better than two-to-one margin line up with the president,” says a new Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,000 likely voters.

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And when you take all the credit revenue out of the gross margin line, something fascinating happens.

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Much like Cree, I’ll also be watching the gross margin line for Starbucks, which should benefit from the steep year over year in coffee prices.

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