trickle down

== English == === Verb === trickle down (third-person singular simple present trickles down, present participle trickling down, simple past and past participle trickled down) (economics) To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle,‎ down. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes shortened to trickle. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== trickle-down trickle-down economics trickle-down hypothesis supply-side economics