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subject line

 
 
noun [C] IT, COMMUNICATIONS

Definition

the short line at the top of an email that tells you the subject of the message: State law requires that the emails include "ADV" in the subject line.
(Definition of subject line noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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