"trickle down" meaning in All languages combined

See trickle down on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: trickles down [present, singular, third-person], trickling down [participle, present], trickled down [participle, past], trickled down [past]
Head templates: {{en-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 Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-trickle_down-en-verb-MICaC8Uw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 65 35 Topics: economics, science, sciences
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle, down. Related terms: trickle-down, trickle-down economics, trickle-down hypothesis, supply-side economics
    Sense id: en-trickle_down-en-verb-SUCQBU7P

Inflected forms

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