trickle — trick‧le [ˈtrɪkl] verb [intransitive] to move somewhere slowly and in very small numbers or amounts: • Only four or five customers had trickled in by 11:30. • Details of the programs have trickled out over the past weeks, but haven t been widely … Financial and business terms
Trickle-down economics — and trickle down theory, is the economic political argument that the increases in the earnings of the rich are good for the poor because some of those additional earnings will benefit the middle class and the poor through increased spending,… … Wikipedia
trickle — [v] run out crawl, creep, distill, dribble, drip, drop, exude, flow, issue, leak, ooze, percolate, seep, stream, trill, weep; concepts 146,179 Ant. flow … New thesaurus
Trickle Up — [http://www.trickleup.org Trickle Up] is a nonprofit international development organization that empowers people living on less than $1 a day to take their first steps out of poverty. Founded in 1979 by Glenn Leet and Mildred Robbins Leet,… … Wikipedia
Trickle up effect — The trickle up effect is an economic theory used to describe the flow of wealth from the poor to the affluent; it is opposite to the trickle down effect.Relationship to the trickle down effectProponents of the trickle down… … Wikipedia
trickle — trick|le1 [ˈtrıkəl] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from the sound] 1.) if liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream trickle down/into/out ▪ The tears trickled down her cheeks. 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
trickle — trick|le1 [ trıkl ] verb intransitive 1. ) if a liquid or a substance such as sand trickles somewhere, a small amount of it flows there slowly: A solitary tear trickled down his cheek. We let the sand trickle between our toes. 2. ) if people or… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trickle — I UK [ˈtrɪk(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms trickle : present tense I/you/we/they trickle he/she/it trickles present participle trickling past tense trickled past participle trickled 1) if a liquid or a substance such as sand trickles… … English dictionary
trickle — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) 1 if liquid trickles somewhere, it flows slowly in drops or in a thin stream (+ down/into/out): The tears trickled down her cheeks. 2 if people, vehicles, goods etc trickle somewhere, they move there slowly … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
trickle — tricklingly, adv. /trik euhl/, v., trickled, trickling, n. v.i. 1. to flow or fall by drops, or in a small, gentle stream: Tears trickled down her cheeks. 2. to come, go, or pass bit by bit, slowly, or irregularly: The guests trickled out of the… … Universalium
trickle — [ˈtrɪk(ə)l] verb [I] 1) if a liquid trickles somewhere, a small amount of it flows there slowly A tear trickled down his cheek.[/ex] 2) if people or things trickle into or out of a place, a few of them arrive or leave trickle noun [C] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
