A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement; -- caused by the decline in market prices of a security or commodity purchased on margin{5}.

Of or pertaining to a margin.

The increase in total cost of production as a result of producing one more unit of output; since certain ovrhead costs are fixed, the marginal cost is almost aways less than the total per-unit cost of production averaged over all units produced.

Marginal notes.

the property of being marginal or on the fringes.

In the margin of a book.

To furnish with a distinct margin; to margin.

Same as Marginate, a.

Having a margin.

A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.

Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

A large tree of the genus Melia (Melia Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The Melia Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.

Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany.

The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave.

The wife of a margrave.

The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster.

Plural form of mare, a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.

Pertaining to the Virgin Mary, or sometimes to Mary, Queen of England, daughter of Henry VIII.

Marry.

A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet.

Produced in or by the sea.

A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the Calendula officinalis (see Calendula), and the cultivated species of Tagetes.

A strong-smelling Asian plant (Cannabis sativa), also called hemp, from which a number of euphorogenic and halucinogenic drugs are prepared. The euphoric effect is predominently due to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck.

A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

A brine or pickle containing wine or vinegar, with opil, herbs, and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish, which are steeped in it prior to cooking.

Served in marinara sauce; -- used postpositionally, as veal marinara.

To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare (food) by the use of marinade.

A solider serving on shipboard; a sea soldier; one of a body of troops trained to do duty in the navy.

A military explosive device designed to be placed on or under the surface of a body of water, and to explode when ships pass nearby or come in contact with it. Its function is to destroy enemy ships or deny hostile naval forces access to certain areas of the sea, usually near the shoreline. Also called underwater mine and floating mine, and previously referred to as a torpedo (See torpedo{2} (a)).

Having the lower part of the body like a fish.

One whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; a seaman or sailor.

Seamanship.

A bombastic literary style marked by the use of metaphors and antitheses characteristic of the Italian poet Giambattista Marini (1569-1625).

A representation of a sea view.

One who worships the Virgin Mary.

The worship of the Virgin Mary.

A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.

A species of civet; the zoril.

Moory; fenny; boggy.

Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties, authority.

Having a husband; married.

See Maritime.

Bordering on, or situated near, the ocean; connected with the sea by site, interest, or power; having shipping and commerce or a navy; as, maritime states.

The Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (Origanum Majorana) is pecularly aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europe and America is Origanum vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.

To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.

Remarkable.

Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance.

See Marquee.

One who or that which marks. One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards. A counter used in card playing and other games. The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment. An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.

To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops.

Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacayed provisions are not marketable.

Quality of being marketable.

One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.

The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.

an area in a town where a public market is set up; a market place; a market{2}.

A market place.

A large wild goat (Capra falconeri syn. Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.

A marquis.

A marchioness.

A marksman.

A random process (Markov process) in which the probabilities of discrete states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next preceeding state, independent of the path by which the preceding state was reached. It differs from the more general Markov process in that the states of a Markov chain are discrete rather than continuous. Certain physical processes, such as diffusion of a molecule in a fluid, are modelled as a Markov chain. See also random walk.

a random process in which the probabilities of states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next preceeding state, independent of the path by which the preceding state was reached. It is distinguished from a Markov chain in that the states of a Markov process may be continuous as well as discrete.

One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well. especially with a pistol or rifle.

Skill of a marksman.

The amount added to the cost to determine the asking price.

A climbing plant (Toxicodendron radicans) common in eastern and central U. S. with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries. It yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact; commonly called poison ivy.

To overspread or manure with marl; as, to marl a field.

Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.

The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa haematica).

To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope.

A variety of marl.

Partaking of the qualites of marlite.

Apit where marl is dug.

A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England.

Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.

A preserve or confection made of the pulp of fruit, as the quince, pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistency.

See Marmalade.

A ferruginous variety of shalerite or zinc blende, nearly black in color.

A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color.

Pertaining to, or like, marble.

Variegated like marble; covered or overlaid with marble.

A covering or incrusting with marble; a casing of marble; a variegating so as to resemble marble.

Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.

The metamorphism of limestone, that is, its conversion into marble.

A species of small opossum (Didelphys murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil.

Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.

Any rodent of the genus Marmota (formerly Arctomys) of the subfamily Sciurinae. The common European marmot (Marmota marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (Marmota monax) is the woodchuck (also called groundhog), but the name marmot is usually used only for the western variety.

See Marmoset.

Of or pertaining to Morocco; as, Maroc mosques cannot be entered by women without a head covering.

A dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe.

See Maroon, the color.

One of a body of nominal Christians, who speak the Arabic language, and reside on Mount Lebanon and in different parts of Syria. They take their name from one Maron of the 6th century.

A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

One who, by his officious interference, mars or frustrates a design or plot.

A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.

A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the use of an officer of high rank.

A marquis.

Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture.

A nobleman in England, France, and Germany, of a rank next below that of duke. Originally, the marquis was an officer whose duty was to guard the marches or frontiers of the kingdom. The office has ceased, and the name is now a mere title conferred by patent.

The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.

A marquisate.

The wife of a marquis; a marchioness.

A marquisate.

A coarse grass found on sandy beaches (Ammophila arundinacea). See Beach grass, under Beach.

One who mars or injures.

Marriageable.

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

The quality or state of being marriageable.

Fit for, or capable of, marriage; of an age at which marriage is allowable.

Being in the state of matrimony; having a spouse; wedded; as, a married man or woman; -- of one person.

One who marries.

Same as 1st Maroon.

The razor-billed auk. See Auk. The common guillemot. The puffin.

To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.

A bone containing marrow; ludicrously, knee bones or knees; as, to get down on one's marrowbones, i. e., to kneel.

A rich but late variety of pea.

Of the nature of, or like, marrow.