knock-on

adjective

1. resulting inevitably but indirectly from another event or circumstance

   the works closed with the direct loss of 3000 jobs and many more from the knock-on effect on the area

noun

1. rugby the infringement of playing the ball forward with the hand or arm

verb

1. rugby to play (the ball) forward with the hand or arm

Example Sentences

More likely, investors realise the ‘knock-on’ effects from a Cypriot default are literally incalculable.

From The Daily Beast

But the largest knock-on effect is, obviously, more unemployed law professors.

From The Daily Beast

And that, of course, would have had a knock-on effect in the private sector.

From The Daily Beast

And the knock-on effect is thoroughly shaking the Digg offices.

From The Daily Beast

Africa may have escaped the initial shock of the global financial crisis, but it is not being spared from its knock-on effects.

From The Daily Beast