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margin of safety

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables
margin of safe-ty
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price.

noun

The strength of a business measured by the amount of income earned above the break-even point.

noun

The difference between a therapeutic dose of a medication and a toxic dose.

noun

The ratio of the strength of a structure to the requirements placed on that structure.

Inflected Forms

margins of safety (plural) safety margin (alternative)

Phrases

value investing

Frequently Paired Words

value investing

Synonyms

safety margin margin of error

Questions

What does margin of safety mean?
The difference between the intrinsic value of a stock and its market price.

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