trickle down

See also: trickledown and trickle-down

English

Verb

trickle down (third-person singular simple present trickles down, present participle trickling down, simple past and past participle trickled down)

  1. (economics) To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people
    The CEO's benefits are unlikely to trickle down to the factory workers.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle,‎ down.

Usage notes

Sometimes shortened to trickle.

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