trickle-up
[ trik-uhl-uhp ]
adjective
noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and lower socioeconomic brackets will gradually pass up to big businesses and higher socioeconomic brackets.
noting or pertaining to the theory that change and information moves upward in a hierarchy.
Origin of trickle-up
1First recorded in 1950–55; after trickle-down (theory)
Words Nearby trickle-up
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How to use trickle-up in a sentence
Finally, even the trickle up of women into power is making a difference.
I sat down, stretched out on my back and let the smoke trickle up.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
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