up line

== English == === Alternative forms === upline, up-line === Noun === up line (plural up lines) A railway line on which trains travel towards a major terminus. 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. (marketing, often attributive) A member of a multi-level marketing scheme who has recruited others (their down line) and receives a portion of their earnings. 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.” === See also === down line === Anagrams === Lupien, line up, line-up, lineup, lupine, pinule, unpile