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| 1. | noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich. |
| 2. | noting or pertaining to the theory that change and information moves upward in a hierarchy. |
| trick·le-up (trĭk'əl-ŭp') adj. Of or relating to the belief that financial benefits accorded to low-income people and very small businesses, as through microcredit or governmental transfer payments, are passed on to profit wealthier people and larger businesses. |