trickledown

trick·le-down

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [trik-uh l-doun]
- /ˈtrɪk əlˌdaʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [trik-uh l-doun]
- /ˈtrɪk əlˌdaʊn/

Definitions of trickledown word

adjective trickledown of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community. 1
adjective trickledown designating or of an economic theory that holds that government policies that stimulate profits and growth among the largest businesses will eventually benefit the entire economy, including the economically depressed 0

See all 2 definitions of trickledown

Information block about the term

Origin of trickledown

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55; adj. use of verb phrase trickle down

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Trickledown

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Trickledown

trickledown popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

trickledown usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer