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Margin of safety   /mˈɑrdʒən əv sˈeɪfti/   Listen
Margin of safety

noun
1.
The margin required in order to insure safety.  Synonyms: margin of error, safety margin.





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"Margin of safety" Quotes from Famous Books



... opinion and the peace of the world that Germany should not force us into a shipbuilding competition with her, a competition in which it was certain that we should have to spare no effort to preserve our margin of safety by greater increases. ...
— Before the War • Viscount Richard Burton Haldane
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... fire-bug, took the next train to Great Falls with witnesses and the Honorable Blake. They filed their answers to the contests two days before the time-limit had expired. You may call that shaving too close the margin of safety. But the Happy family did not worry over that—seeing there was a margin of safety. Nor did they worry over the outcome of the matter. With the Homeseekers' Syndicate in extremely bad repute, and with fully half of the colonists homeless and disgusted, why should they worry over ...
— The Flying U's Last Stand • B. M. Bower
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... Ned glanced at the pressure gage. It showed seven hundred pounds now, and there was only a margin of safety of one hundred pounds more, ere a terrific explosion would occur. Still Tom had not given the order ...
— Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight • Victor Appleton
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