trickle-down

trickle-down

See also: trickledown and trickle down

English

Adjective

trickle-down (not comparable)

1. (economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor
2. That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.

Translations

Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor

French: ruissellement (fr) m

That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others

Spanish: repercute (es) m