spillover effect

noun

The phenomenon in which an economic event in one context occurs because of something else in a seemingly unrelated context.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounspillover effect (plural spillover effects)

plural spillover effects

  1. economicsThe phenomenon in which an economic event in one context occurs because of something else in a seemingly unrelated context.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 外溢效應 /外溢效应, 外溢性
  • 外溢效應 /外溢效应 (wàiyì xiàoyìng)phenomenon
  • 外溢性 (wàiyìxìng)phenomenon
Finnish heijastusvaikutus
  • heijastusvaikutusphenomenon
Korean 외부효과
  • 외부효과 (oebuhyogwa)phenomenon
Cite this entry
APA

spillover effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillover%20effect

MLA

“spillover effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillover%20effect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spillover effect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillover%20effect.

Source: spillover effect on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.