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A railway line on which trains travel towards a major terminus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1857 Alan J Day, Verena Hoffman - The Annual Register of World Events The down line was cleared about midnight, or nine hours after the accident, but the up line was not in a state to admit of the traffic being resumed until one o'clock on the next day.
- 1842 Francis Whishaw - The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated The number of down-trains daily is fifty-one, and up-trains fifty; the ropes, therefore, travel 155.25 miles on the up-line, and 158.35 miles on the down-line, or altogether 313.60 miles daily.
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A member of a multi-level marketing scheme who has recruited others (their down line) and receives a portion of their earnings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
Topics: business, marketing
Examples
- 2019, Tom “Big Al” Schreiter, How to Build Network Marketing Leaders Volume One No one purposely goes into network marketing saying: “I hope my upline sponsor decides to make me a success and not a failure. I hope my upline is in a good mood today.”
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