The phrase "marginal drop" is correct and can be used in written English.
It typically refers to a small or slight decrease in something, especially a numerical value or quantity. Example: The company's profits saw a marginal drop of 2% compared to last quarter.
We should also see a marginal drop in demand for, say, yachts.
Bauer Consumer Media's Grazia managed a flat performance year on year, and a marginal drop of 0.4% period on period, with sales of 228,770.
The marginal drop in pay comes despite some eye-watering payouts for the three highest-paid CEOs – Masimo Corporation's Joe Kiani, Timothy Walbert of Horizon Pharma and Gamco Investors' Mario Gabelli – who took home nearly $300m between them, according to the AFL-CIO.
Two years ago, the state enacted a deregulation plan that has brought consumers a marginal drop in utility costs, but offered power suppliers huge savings on debt run up by building inefficient nuclear and coal-fired plants in the 1970's and 80's.
The samples, after plasma treatment, showed only a marginal drop in their mechanical properties.
The marginal drop in reservoir pressure against cumulative oil production of 0.85MMm3 indicates that the reservoir is operating under active water drive.
In the U.S. the dip was far more marginal — dropping from 56percentto54percentr cent.
Choi et al.[ 53] observed significant reductions in depressive symptoms in Chinese patients on both the Chinese Beck Depression Inventory (CBDI) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (CB-PHQ-9) depression items with only marginal drop-out rates reported.
The tax advantages of these plans are not expected to change, and even if marginal rates drop, making them slightly less advantageous, they are still attractive.
That marginal rate drops to 40% before rising to 50% when incomes pass £150,000.
Only 17 of the 41 players had streaks that lasted for longer than four games, with many of the more marginal players dropping off the list.
