margin of safety

Noun

Meaning

the margin required in order to insure safety

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

margin of error safety margin

Hypernyms

index margin

Examples

As a matter of fact I trade in accordance to my means and always leave myself an ample margin of safety. Edwin Lefèvre

in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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