marginally

marginally
marginal mar‧gin‧al [ˈmɑːdʒnl ǁ ˈmɑːr-] adjective
1. a marginal change, increase, fall etc is very small, and not enough to make an important difference:

• The country's unemployment rate declined to 7.5% in June from 7.6% in May, as a result of a marginal increase in employment.

— marginally adverb :

• The US dollar gained marginally on the yen and Canadian dollar.

2. marginal products, activities, buildings etc are not considered to be the main part of a business or industry, but may still be important:

• There will be the same number of hit movies, but an increased number of marginal films will perform poorly.

3. ECONOMICS relating to a change in a cost, value etc when one more thing is produced, one more dollar is earned etc:

• The marginal return is the added output resulting from employing one more farmer.

4. ECONOMICS making hardly any profit:

• a heavily subsidized marginal industry

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marginally UK US /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəli/ adverb
► by a very small amount: »

The results were marginally above expectations.

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marginally better/worse/bigger


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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