"margin dropped" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used in business or financial contexts to indicate that the profit margin or margin for a product or service has decreased. Example: Due to increased competition in the market, the company's profit margin dropped significantly in the past quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Wells Fargo's net interest margin dropped slightly to 3.56 percent, from 3.89 percent a year earlier.
Loan officers quit left and right, the number of active borrowers plummeted, and the profit margin dropped.
But in 2004, after Mr Bush increased the size of government and curtailed some civil liberties as part of the war on terror, his margin dropped to 59%-38 59%-38
The company's gross profit margin dropped to 2.2percentt in the second quarter of this year, compared with 18percentthehe period a year ago, according to its statement.
Last month, Fatah defeated Hamas in the student elections again, though, due to the Israeli offensive against Gaza and disappointment with the Palestinian Authority's performance, its winning margin dropped to 5 percentage points.
"We've seen what happens, Rory wins majors by eight shots," the Australian mused and while the winning margin dropped to two this time and the execution was not the procession many had expected, the Northern Irishman led the Open from the first moment to the last and has become only the 16th player to win three of the four major championships.
The state Department of Public Health recommends that work on developing new sources of water begin when the margin drops below 15percentt.
Cantor was outspending Brat by a very similar margin, dropping more than $5 million compared to Brat's $120,000, as of the most recent report.
For derivative contracts, when the margin drops below the maintenance margin, the investor gets a margin call.
Gross margins dropped to 55.7percentt, compared with the company's earlier revised forecast of 58percentt.
Operating margins, meanwhile, were down to 9.16percentt, from 9.87percentt, while net margins dropped to 5.65percentt from 6.04percentt.
