spillover
That which overflows; the excess or side effectThat which overflows; the excess or side effect.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
The spillover from the dam due to the heavy rains will run down this channel and harmlessly dump into that river, we hope.
The spillover from this war will be many little massacres of civilians by civilians.
(countable, uncountable)The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans.
- (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
Origin
From spill + over.From spill + over.
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Forms
plural: spillovers| Singular | spillover |
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.