---
title: "MarginCheck"
description: "the ladder's gross margin against the metered cost of a lead and of a call, in one of three positions; never a typed cost"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/margincheck
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# MarginCheck

the ladder's gross margin against the metered cost of a lead and of a call, in one of three positions; never a typed cost

[figure: MarginCheck is a value at none scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | value |
| scope | none |
| key | the margin check of a study |
| store | none |
| family | market |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `position` | `one of measured \| never measured \| withheld` | yes |  |
| `cost_per_lead` | `money` | no | from metering |
| `cost_per_call` | `money` | no | from metering |
| `floor` | `share` | yes | the parameter |
| `cleared` | `bool` | no |  |
| `reason` | `text` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns MarginCheck directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.