tight margin
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftightandmargin
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tight
adjective
adverb
uk/taɪt/us/taɪt/
(held or kept together) firmly ...
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margin
noun
uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪn/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪn/
the amount by which one thing is different ...
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(Definition oftightandmarginfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftight margin
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Bus operators operate on atightmargin.
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They work to a verytightmargin.
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As a matter of fact—this has nothing to do with the debate this afternoon-we are working on a verytightmargin, a verytightmarginindeed.
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He won the election by atightmarginof 189 votes, and since then he has been reelected every election.
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The tight margins and high cost of finance and time do not figure in the average public servant's thinking.
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They are probably already working on tight margins and have now seen their borrowings increase and their charges go up.
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Those tight margins would not allow them to put forward the sums of money which may seem meagre but which would be considerable for them.
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That is helpful, especially for small businesses that work on such tight margins these days because competition is so strong.
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I think, in particular, about small businesses which may already be operating against very tight margins.
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Nevertheless, small centralised companies with tight margins cannot afford to move into taxable businesses.
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They will be fair to local authorities as well as to small businesses and clubs that operate on tight margins.
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The circus industry already operates on very tight margins.
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They believe that most breweries will try to invest the money, given that they—particularly small independent microbreweries—operate on very tight margins.
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The budget for 2011 is heavily influenced by the crisis and the recession and this is clear, among other things, from the very tight margins.
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But the truth is that such services operate on extremely tight margins.
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Others claim that producers took this means to make a saving on costs necessary because of tight margins.
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My principal worry is the effect that it will have on regional papers, particularly those that run on tight margins.
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I know how tight margins are in the retail sector.
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We cannot say what future employers will contribute, because many of them will be small companies running on tight margins.
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Most of us were aware already that the economic plan has been under same strain and was working on tight margins.
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