Definitions

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  • noun The upper curvature of a horse's withers, back, and loin.
  • noun Principal billing.
  • verb transitive To be billed as the primary entertainer

Etymologies

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top +‎ line

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Examples

  • The topline is that public support for the U.S. presence is dropping.

    What The Thunder Said | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • We also continue to make strategic investments in growth initiatives which should enable us to deliver a sustainable long-term topline growth.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • The reason it is so important to put this on the table now and scrutinize it openly is that the amount agreed to over the next 30 days -- for 2010 -- will represent what budgeteers call a "topline" -- a critical benchmark.

    Lorelei Kelly: Can the Pentagon do Hope and Change? 2009

  • I'm guessing it'll unveil the so-called topline data at that time and save the details to make a huge splash at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • However, that debate should be centered squarely where it belongs: in the Air Force budget topline, which is wholly inadequate for what the nation is asking the service to do now and in the future.

    The Heritage Foundation Papers 2009

  • I don't know whether this is the fault of NBC's decision desk people not giving their on-air people the right information, or whether Matthews and Olbermann aren't smart or savvy enough to look beyond the intitial "topline" numbers, but the problem was NOT with the entrance polls.

    Entrance Poll: Obama Won On High Turnout ��� And Edwards Lost 2009

  • Q: What is the kind of topline increase in percentage terms?

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2010

  • However, this only allows you to look at the 'topline' of a person's profile ie one photo and their username, age and location.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

  • Q: FY12 where you were expecting an inflection point, what kind of topline projections can you think of?

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2010

  • It is possible that the total Defense Department request, known as the "topline" number, may be released earlier than April, but that must wait on the more detailed submission, officials said.

    Aero-News Network 2009

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