trickledown

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See also: trickle down, and trickle-down

English

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Etymology

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From trickle +‎ down.

Adjective

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trickledown (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of trickle-down
    • 2007 January 20, Katie Zezima, “Warm Days and Hard Times in Snowmobile Land”, in New York Times[1]:
      It has a huge trickledown effect,” said Mr. Cost, who had to lay off four employees because business was slow this year and last.