trickle-down
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.
adj
Describing a model of product adoption that flows vertically from the upper classes to the lower classes within society.
Example Sentences
- "His name is Harry E Thompson and his Trickle-Down solar heating system is the basis for this book."
- "In addition, it examines the trickle-down effects of economic development as espoused by market theorists in the urban economic development literature. Policymakers in Rockford used the trickle-down logic of market theory to justify a […]"
- "While the trickle-down mechanism is based on market optimism (in a well-functioning economy, the poor will benefit automatically from any growth), proponents of direct and indirect policies targeting the poor are market-pessimists, in which […]"
- "On the surface, the Kuznets curve seems to justify laissez-faire economics and trickle-down policies."
- "Trickle-down patterns are very common for technological innovations, especially when new gadgets come to market with high price tags. The first black-and-white televisions cost more than some automobiles."