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greenlining

greenlining is the present participle and gerund of greenline.

greenlining is the gerund of greenline.

Meaning of greenline

Verb

greenline (third-person singular simple present greenlines, present participle greenlining, simple past and past participle greenlined)

  1. (transitive) 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
    Antonyms:
    redline

Questions about greenlining

What is greenlining the present participle and gerund of?
Greenlining is the present participle and gerund of greenline.

Words near greenlining in the dictionary

  1. greenliners
  2. greenlines
  3. greenliness
  4. greenling
  5. greenlings
  6. greenlining
  7. greenlit
  8. Greenloaning
  9. greenly
  10. Greenlys
  11. greenmail

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