"trickle down" meaning in English

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          "text": "The CEO's benefits are unlikely to trickle down to the factory workers.",
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        "To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people"
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        "(economics) To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "word": "supply-side economics"
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