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redline
[red-lahyn, red-lahyn]
verb (used with object)
to treat by redlining (an area or neighborhood).
to establish the recommended safe speed of (an airplane).
The bomber is redlined at 650 miles an hour.
to draw a canceling red line through (an item on a list).
to mark or designate for cancellation, rejection, dismissal, or the like.
club members redlined for unpaid dues.
to cause (an airplane) to be grounded.
verb (used without object)
to engage in redlining.
noun
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
redline
/ ˈɛˌɪ /
verb
(esp of a bank or group of banks) to refuse a loan to (a person or country) because of the presumed risks involved
to restrict people's access to goods or services on the basis of the area in which they live
Other 51Թ Forms
- redliner noun
Example Sentences
In this part of South L.A., park space is egregiously scarce, a remnant of redlining and disinvestment.
Given the nation’s economic disparities, there’s been particular concern about a dispersal of Altadena’s long-standing Black community, which is focused on the town’s west side, in part due to a history of segregation and redlining.
Even in the U.S., redlining and banking discrimination have historically been used to exclude marginalized communities from wealth-building opportunities.
The historically Black area, where many settled due to redlining east of Lake Avenue, “has definitely felt undervalued and overlooked in many ways,” Carmody said.
These areas west of Lake Avenue have large Black populations in part because of a history of segregation and redlining policies.
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