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Meaning of trickle-down hypothesis

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

trickle-down

adjective

Definitions

  1. That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others.

  2. Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.