UPSTREAMING

Etymology

Noun

upstreaming (uncountable)

(business) A partnership between an independent record label and a major record label, by which successful acts signed to the independent label are transferred to the major label.

Verb

upstreaming

present participle of upstream

Source: Wiktionary

UPSTREAM

Up*stream", adv.

Definition: Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition