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Marginal 

One of the many words used by Donald Trump that he thinks makes him sound smart but he actually doesn't know its meaning.
Trump: Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at 7, it's marginal, right?
7 year old: Marginal? You mean like your penis?
Marginal by Hanbin1100 December 30, 2018

Marginal 

Another word for an insecure, psychotic, nerd who has problems distinuishing real life from the internet.
See that dude with the shit life? He's a Marginal. Hopefully he'll die.
Marginal by Alphie February 18, 2003

Marginal 

A synonym for a woman's genitalia, vagina, pussy, etc.
Other Synonyms: abandon, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cede, commit, concede, consign, cry uncle, deliver up, eat crow, eat dirt, entrust, fall, fold, forego, give in, go down, go under, hand over, knuckle, knuckle under, leave, let go, lump it, pack in, part with, play dead, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, roll over, say uncle, submit, succumb, waive, yield
The cowardly French fuck knelt down and marginaled like a bitch.
Marginal by your_evil_twin February 18, 2003

marginal propensity to consume

*noun*; in Keynesian economics, the rate at which aggregate consumption rises in response to a rise in national income.

For example, suppose the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.95. If the national income is 100 billion dollars, and it rises 10%, then consumption will rise by 9.5 billion, and saving will rise by 0.5 billion.

If this theory is correct, then an expanding economy will suffer insufficient demand for its own output, and a recession will be inevitable.

This is why national governments respond to recessions with deficit spending: they are trying to counteract the MPC's effect on aggregate demand, and bring it in line with potential output.
Not only is the marginal propensity to consume weaker in a wealthy community, but, owing to its accumulation of capital being already larger, the opportunities for further investment are less attractive...

J.M. Keynes, *The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money* (1936), Ch.3

marginal tax rate 

The tax rate at which the last dollar of income is taxed.
High marginal tax rates are a disincentive towards work and productivity.

CoDependent Marginal Personality 

Having unhealthy emotional attachments to people, pets, and possibly inanimate objects.
Miyoko is so CoDependent Marginal Personality with her cats, that she will not let the Veterinarian obtain a temperature, for fear of him hurting Fluffy.