Cost is an issue in a business that operates on thin margins.
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a thin margin margin — a thin margin/profit margin ► COMMERCE a situation in which there is only a small difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for, or between the total amount of money a company receives from sales… … Financial and business terms
thin — [θɪn] adjective JOURNALISM if trading on a financial market is thin, there is not much activity: • Trade was thin in the currency markets yesterday, heading into a Japanese long weekend. * * * thin UK US /θɪn/ adjective (thinner, thinnest) ►… … Financial and business terms
Margin — may refer to: Margin (economics) Margin (finance), a type of financial collateral used to cover credit risk Margin (typography), the white space that surrounds the content of a page Margin (machine learning), the distance between a decision… … Wikipedia
margin — noun 1 empty space at the side of a page in a book, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ generous, wide ▪ Leave a generous margin on the left. ▪ narrow ▪ left, right … Collocations dictionary
a thin profit margin — a thin margin/profit margin ► COMMERCE a situation in which there is only a small difference between the total cost of making and selling something and the price it is sold for, or between the total amount of money a company receives from sales… … Financial and business terms
wafer-thin — I adjective very thin wafer thin sheets of metal • Similar to: ↑thin II adverb very thin it was cut wafer thin * * * adj : extremely thin and flat … Useful english dictionary
Dates of 2006 — ▪ 2007 January Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush, in his state of the union… … Universalium
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free ride — noun 1. : a benefit (as food, entertainment, or acclaim) gained or accepted at another s expense or without cost to or effort by the one benefiting 2. a. : a subscription to a new security offering with the hope that the bonds or shares allotted… … Useful english dictionary
