Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To refuse to provide mortgages, insurance, or other goods or services to areas deemed a poor economic risk, particularly when the residents are nonwhite.
- intransitive verb To reach the maximum engine speed at which an engine is designed to be safely operated.
- intransitive verb Computers To mark or highlight edited text, as with a red line, to distinguish it from unedited portions of a document.
- intransitive verb To practice redlining in (an area or community), as in declining to provide mortgages.
- intransitive verb To remove from operational status because of mechanical defects or the need for scheduled maintenance.
- intransitive verb Computers To mark (edited text) by redlining.
- noun A safety limit, as marked on a gauge.
- noun The red line at the center of an ice hockey rink, running parallel to the goal lines and dividing the rink in half.
- noun Either of two red lines running across an ice hockey rink near the end boards, in the center of which the goal is positioned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
drawing ,document , etc. that has been marked forcorrection ormodification . - noun The maximum speed at which the
engine in acar is designed to operate. - verb To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
- verb To run an
internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommendedspeed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood
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Microsoft Word has this this editing thing called redline/strikethrough or strikeout or something.
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Microsoft Word has this this editing thing called redline/strikethrough or strikeout or something.
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When we got back [from White House staff] this extensive edited version, called the redline, two days before we were supposed to submit the report to Congress on March 29, 2007, that paragraph was deleted.
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But it blows them away in fuel consumption (17 / 25 mpg TDI, 14 / 19 mpg for the V-6 gasoline, 12 / 17 mpg for the V-8 FSI gasoline), and it performs much like the V-8 minus a little top end urge because the redline is a bit below 5,000 rpm.
The Car Connection 2009
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Sanger says the White House hasn't publicly stated where the "redline" on Iran is, maybe because he doesn't want the media to know?
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Sanger says the White House hasn't publicly stated where the "redline" on Iran is, maybe because he doesn't want the media to know?
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For Israel, the "redline" is not so much when Iran has enough enrichment capacity for weapons-grade material.
Nathan Gardels: Dennis Ross: 18 Months to Avoid War with Iran 2008
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Will Google publicly pledge to not "redline" neighborhoods but serve all people in a community?
The Precursor Blog by Scott Cleland Scott Cleland 2010
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Will Google publicly pledge to not "redline" neighborhoods but serve all people in a community?
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"If the select group of property insurance companies are allowed to 'redline' areas of the state they do not wish to write, this will harm consumers and investors who have worked in good faith to create a competitive marketplace that has benefited all Florida," Crist said.
Tampa Business News - Local Tampa News | The Tampa Bay Business Journal 2009
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