trickle-down (English, adj)
expansion: trickle-down (not comparable)
Senses:
glosses: That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.
tags: not-comparable
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.
tags: not-comparable
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Describing a model of product adoption that flows vertically from the upper classes to the lower classes within society.
tags: not-comparable
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