trickle-down
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Synonyms: trickle, prickle, tickle, truckle, strickle, frickle, rickle, trickle down, brickle, trinkle, trickledown
Antonyms: trickle, prickle, tickle, truckle, strickle, frickle, rickle, trickle down, brickle, trinkle, trickledown
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Adjective
- That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.
- {{lb|en|economics}} Describing the [[theory]] that [[financial]] [[benefit]]s given to the [[wealthy]] will somehow be passed down to the [[poor]].
- {{lb|en|marketing}} Describing a model of product adoption that flows vertically from the [[upper class]]es to the [[lower class]]es within society.
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