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yellowline

yellowline verb: to charge a higher price for services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.

Verb

yellowline (third-person singular simple present yellowlines, present participle yellowlining, simple past and past participle yellowlined)

  1. (Canada, US, urban studies) To charge a higher price for services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.

Forms of yellowline

third-person singular presentyellowlines
present participleyellowlining
past participleyellowlined
pastyellowlined

Origin of yellowline

yellow + line, after redline and greenline.

Phrases with yellowline

Questions about yellowline

What does yellowline mean?
Yellowline means to charge a higher price for services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
What part of speech is yellowline?
Yellowline is a verb.
What is the past tense of yellowline?
The past tense of yellowline is yellowlined.

Words near yellowline in the dictionary

  1. Yellowknifer
  2. Yellowknifers
  3. Yellowlees
  4. yellowleg
  5. yellowlegs
  6. yellowline
  7. yellowline arrow crab
  8. yellowline arrow crabs
  9. yellowlined
  10. yellowlines
  11. yellowlining

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