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noun
a discriminatory practice by which banks, insurance companies, etc., refuse or limit loans, mortgages, insurance, etc., within specific geographic areas, especially inner-city neighborhoods.
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Redlining
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verb (used with object)
1.
to treat by redlining (an area or neighborhood).
2.
to establish the recommended safe speed of (an airplane): The bomber is redlined at 650 miles an hour.
3.
to draw a canceling red line through (an item on a list).
4.
to mark or designate for cancellation, rejection, dismissal, or the like: club members redlined for unpaid dues.
5.
to cause (an airplane) to be grounded.
verb (used without object)
6.
to engage in redlining.
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Word Origin & History
redline
"deny loans to certain neighborhoods based on ethnicity," 1973, on notion of lines drawn on maps. Used earlier in ref. to insurance company practices (1961) and in World War II military slang in ref. to a red line drawn through a soldier's name for some infraction, thus denying his pay.
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