Trickle

  • 81trickle-down — adjective a) Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor b) That flows, especially in limited quantity, from the highly placed to others …

    Wiktionary

  • 82Trickle Down Theory — An economic theory which states that investing money in companies and giving them tax breaks is the best way to stimulate the economy. Proponents of this theory believe that when government helps companies, they will produce more and thereby hire …

    Investment dictionary

  • 83Trickle-down —    In the fashion industry, this term refers to the phenomena of how a trend starts in an upscale market and then filters down to the masses. The psychology of differentiation and imitation is at the core of why members of the lower classes want… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry

  • 84trickle down —   the movement of wealth from a core region into the periphery …

    Geography glossary

  • 85Trickle-down-Effekte — Durchsickereffekte; über Kapitaltransfers ausgelöste Wachstumsprozesse sickern auch auf die Lebensverhältnisse der Masse der armen Bevölkerung durch. Ihr Ausbleiben hat zur Entwicklung von Strategien zur Armutsbekämpfung beigetragen …

    Lexikon der Economics

  • 86trickle-down effect — A term associated with neo classical economics , referring to the alleged tendency for economic growth in an unequal society to benefit the population as a whole, via the eventual downward percolation of wealth to the lowest strata. This thesis… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 87trickle irrigation — A system for irrigating crops by delivering water to the root zone through small, plastic pipes equipped with emitters. This technology conserves water and eliminates soil erosion from irrigation water runoff. Also called drip irrigation …

    Combined glossary of agriculture

  • 88trickle irrigation — irrigation by dripping small amounts of water into the soil through perforated hoses (as opposed to irrigation with sprinklers) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 89Trickle charge —   A charge at a low rate, balancing through self discharge losses, to maintain a cell or battery in a fully charged condition.   Solar Electric Glossary …

    Energy terms

  • 90Trickle (Solar) Collector —   A type of solar thermal collector in which a heat transfer fluid drips out of header pipe at the top of the collector, runs down the collector absorber and into a tray at the bottom where it drains to a storage tank …

    Energy terms