That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others. / (economics) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor.

(economics) To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trickle, down.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trickle down

simple past tense and past participle of trickle down

present participle of trickle down

Alternative spelling of trickle-down hypothesis

(economics) The idea that policies benefiting the wealthy shall ultimately benefit everybody else.