redlining
Meanings
noun
- The process of or an instance of redlining.
- The systematic denial of various services to residents of specific, often racially associated, neighborhoods or communities, either directly or through the selective raising of prices.
verb
- present participle and gerund of redline
Word forms
Etymology
(systematic denial): From the red outlines used by the HOLC to mark D-rated neighborhoods with minority occupants.
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