Finance term for the difference between buying and selling prices, or between cost and revenue.
The profit margin on this transaction was only 2%.
Banks earn revenue from the spread between lending and deposit rates.
Standard kanji spelling; 鞘 means 'sheath' or 'margin'.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in financial contexts.
Katakana variant for emphasis or clarity in financial documents.
Compound of 利 (り, 'profit') and 鞘 (さや, 'sheath' or 'margin'). The use of 鞘 for 'margin' comes from the idea of a sheath as a container for a blade, metaphorically representing the difference between two values.