Trickle-down
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Trickle-down is an adjective meaning That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.
Meaning
That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.
More Meanings
- (economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.
- (marketing) Describing a model of product adoption that flows vertically from the upper classes to the lower classes within society.
Example Sentences
His name is Harry E Thompson and his Trickle-Down solar heating system is the basis for this book.
On the surface, the Kuznets curve seems to justify laissez-faire economics and trickle-down policies.
Trickle-down patterns are very common for technological innovations, especially when new gadgets come to market with high price tags. The first black-and-white televisions cost more than some automobiles.
In addition, it examines the trickle-down effects of economic development as espoused by market theorists in the urban economic development literature. Policymakers in Rockford used the trickle-down logic of market theory to justify a […]
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