greenline
greenline verb: to ease access to services to residents in specific areas, particularly by designating such areas as suitable for real-estate lending and property insurance.
Verb
greenline (third-person singular simple present greenlines, present participle greenlining, simple past and past participle greenlined)
- To ease access to services to residents in specific areas, particularly by designating such areas as suitable for real-estate lending and property insurance.
- Bankers, who must fight to stay even with inflation and face an uneven credit supply (even many "greenlined"' areas didn't get loans during the recession of 1974-1975)1964, The Bankers Magazine, volume 162, page 47
- But ABN-AMRO redlined some small areas in largely yellowlined zip code areas, and greenlined some small areas in largely redlined areas.2011, Manuel B. Aalbers, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage Markets
- Antonyms:
- redline
Antonyms of greenline
Forms of greenline
| third-person singular present | greenlines |
|---|---|
| present participle | greenlining |
| past participle | greenlined |
| past | greenlined |
Origin of greenline
From green + line; compare redline, greenlight.
Words formed from greenline
Questions about greenline
- What does greenline mean?
- Greenline means to ease access to services to residents in specific areas, particularly by designating such areas as suitable for real-estate lending and property insurance.
- What part of speech is greenline?
- Greenline is a verb.
- What is the past tense of greenline?
- The past tense of greenline is greenlined.
Words near greenline in the dictionary
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