margin of safety
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
margin of safety (plural margins of safety)
- (finance) The difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price.
- (accounting) The strength of a business measured by the amount of income earned above the break-even point.
- (medicine) The difference between a therapeutic dose of a medication and a toxic dose.
- (engineering) The ratio of the strength of a structure to the requirements placed on that structure.
Translations[edit]
(finance) the difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price
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Further reading[edit]
- “margin of safety”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.