Trickle

  • 91trickle charger — noun an electrical charger for batteries that works at a steady slow rate from the mains …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 92trickle-down — noun the theory that the poorest in society gradually benefit as a result of the increasing wealth of the richest …

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  • 93trickle charger — noun (C) a piece of equipment used to put electricity into a car battery (1) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 94trickle-down effect — noun (singular) a belief that additional wealth gained by the richest people in society will have a good economic effect on the lives of everyone …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 95trickle-down — UK / US adjective relating to the belief that people at the lowest level of society or an organization always benefit from the money or advantages that people at the highest level have …

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  • 96trickle-down theory — UK / US noun [singular] economics an economic theory according to which poor people benefit when richer people become even richer …

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  • 97trickle charge — trick′le charge n. elo elm a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state • Etymology: 1955–60 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 98trickle-down theory — trick′le down the ory n. ecn bus an economic theory that monetary benefits directed esp. by the government to big business will in turn pass to and profit smaller businesses and the general public • Etymology: 1950–55 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 99trickle charger — /ˈtrɪkəl tʃadʒə/ (say trikuhl chahjuh) noun an apparatus which supplies a small current to an accumulator …

  • 100trickle-down effect — /ˈtrɪkəl daʊn əfɛkt/ (say trikuhl down uhfekt) noun the purported benefits which flow to the poorer parts of the community from the entrepreneurial activities and resulting prosperity of the rich, especially in the form of availability of… …