Meaning of up line | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A railway line on which trains travel towards a major terminus.
2. A member of a multi-level marketing scheme who has recruited others (their down line) and receives a portion of their earnings.
   attributive, often

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.”

“[…] the engine, which continued its course till it reached Roade, when it was crossed from the down to the upline, and returned in safety to Wolverton.”

“Many uplines convince⟳ their distributors to develop⟳ an "us vs. them" attitude that is completely unfounded in reality.”

“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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