payment of margin unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• contracts are settled by payment of margin
  assertsneutralsource: coffee-pg28500

  They are settled by the payment of the difference, or "margin"

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly states 'Coffee-exchange contracts are dealt in just like stocks and bonds. They are settled by the payment of the difference, or "margin"' which directly supports that contracts are settled by payment of margin.
  • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage presents this as factual information without attribution to a named source). The stance is appropriately 'asserts' as the passage states this directly. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's technical, descriptive tone. The time qualifiers are null, which is correct since the passage provides no temporal scope. The context is empty, which is appropriate as the passage does not restrict this claim to a specific sense or role. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim about how contracts are settled.