redlines

Strikes out text

Redlines are markups showing proposed changes to a document, traditionally in red ink or tracked changes: The lawyer sent back redlines on the contract.

The term comes from legal and publishing practice where editors mark deletions and insertions.

To redline a document is to annotate it with suggested revisions.

In another sense, to redline is to discriminatorily deny services to certain neighborhoods—from the practice of drawing red lines on maps around areas deemed undesirable for lending or insurance.

editing

markup

Added percentage for profit

deletions · proofreading · manuscript · draft · annotations · copyediting · comments · substantive · formatting · clarity

engineering

blueprints

Technical construction drawings

technical · markups · revisions · annotations · plans · diagrams · drafting · CAD · design · amendments

discrimination

segregation

Forced separation by group

bias · prejudice · disparity · gentrification · marginalization · disinvestment · blockbusting · steering · covenants · profiling

prohibition

forbidden

Not allowed

restrictions · violations · crossing · breach · infractions · rules · standards · compliance · enforcement · penalties

negotiation

nonnegotiable

Cannot be altered

bargaining · concessions · terms · counteroffer · walkaway · sticking-point · impasse · firm · boundaries · conditions

Categories
Opposites
document approval status

redlinesapprovals

Formal consent given

clean copy · sign-off · final version · rubber stamp

negotiation stance

redlinesconcessions

Things granted or yielded

approves · flexibility · accepts · compromises · signs off on

ACCESS AND INCLUSION (historical/housing context)

redlinesfair housing

Antidiscrimination laws for rentals

equal access · open enrollment · community investment · fair lending · integration

Family

redlining, redline, redlined

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Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G