trickledown

See also: trickle down and trickle-down

English

Etymology

From trickle +‎ down.

Adjective

trickledown (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of trickle-down.
    • 2007 January 20, Katie Zezima, “Warm Days and Hard Times in Snowmobile Land”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      It has a huge trickledown effect,” said Mr. Cost, who had to lay off four employees because business was slow this year and last.
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