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1. ''Accounting''


''Accounting''.  
Profit margin measures the surplus of revenues over relevant costs, often expressed as a percentage.


Profit margin measures the surplus of revenues over relevant costs, often expressed as a percentage.


2. ''Banking''
Net interest margin (NIM).


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''Bank lending''.
3. ''Bank lending''  


Lending margin is a percentage amount added to a market reference rate, to calculate the total rate of interest payable by a borrower.
Lending margin is a percentage amount added to a market reference rate, to calculate the total rate of interest payable by a borrower.




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4. ''Derivatives markets''
 
Margin is a refundable cash deposit payable by market participants to protect other participants in the market against the risk of a default.


''Derivatives markets''.


Margin is a refundable cash deposit payable by market participants to protect other participants in the market against the risk of a default.
5. ''Financing''
 
An amount built in to an interest rate or discount rate charged to a client to cover risk and a level of profit for the finance provider.
 
 
6. ''Secured lending''
 
An amount deducted from the value of an asset used as collateral, to calculate the maximum amount of any loan to be secured against the asset.
 
Also known as a 'haircut'.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Alternate Base Rate]]
* [[Collateral]]
* [[Futures]]
* [[Futures]]
* [[Haircut]]
* [[Initial margin]]
* [[Initial margin]]
* [[Maintenance margin]]
* [[Maintenance margin]]
* [[Margin call]]
* [[Margin compression]]
* [[Margin risk]]
* [[NII]]
* [[NIM]]
* [[Stepped margin]]
* [[Tax sparing]]
* [[Tax sparing]]
* [[Variation margin]]
* [[Variation margin]]
* [[WGMR]]

Revision as of 08:41, 1 March 2017

1. Accounting

Profit margin measures the surplus of revenues over relevant costs, often expressed as a percentage.


2. Banking

Net interest margin (NIM).


3. Bank lending

Lending margin is a percentage amount added to a market reference rate, to calculate the total rate of interest payable by a borrower.


4. Derivatives markets

Margin is a refundable cash deposit payable by market participants to protect other participants in the market against the risk of a default.


5. Financing

An amount built in to an interest rate or discount rate charged to a client to cover risk and a level of profit for the finance provider.


6. Secured lending

An amount deducted from the value of an asset used as collateral, to calculate the maximum amount of any loan to be secured against the asset.

Also known as a 'haircut'.


See also