trickle-down
adjective [ before noun ]
ukus ECONOMICS
relating to the idea that poor people experience positive effects when rich people get richer and spend more money:
The Westernized elite dominate economically, but there is no trickle-down economic benefit to the urban poor.
Trickle-down economics posits that tax cuts for the wealthy indirectly enrich others.
relating to a situation in which something that starts at the top of an organization, system, etc. spreads to all of it:
When retailers are not selling goods, there is a trickle-down effect, and we will see a broader slowdown across many sectors.