Associations to the word «Hardline»

Wiktionary

HARDLINE, noun. (business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer.
HARDLINE, noun. (business) A retail product collection which includes many non-information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, sporting goods, in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first definition, above.
HARDLINE, noun. (telephony) A physical wire or cable connection; landline
HARDLINE, adjective. Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs
HARDLINE, adjective. (business) belonging to a hardline (business noun sense); e.g. "hardline product"

Dictionary definition

HARDLINE, adjective. Firm and uncompromising; "a hard-line policy".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca