Spillover
noun
An unintended result or effect of an event or action.
There is considerable spillover of urban growth into the rural countryside.
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A situation in economics where an action or situation effects an unrelated third party.
There could be a significant positive spillover from the construction of a new hospital into the local economy.
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Academic
noun
The spread of a disease from one animal species to humans or vice versa.
The spillover of bird flu into human populations raised a global health concern.
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Academic
noun
In marketing, the effect of advertising one product on the sales of a related product.
The spillover effect of the ad campaign for the new car model also increased sales of the older model.
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Academic
noun
An unintended result or effect of an event or action.
There is considerable spillover of urban growth into the rural countryside.
noun
A situation in economics where an action or situation effects an unrelated third party.
There could be a significant positive spillover from the construction of a new hospital into the local economy.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The spread of a disease from one animal species to humans or vice versa.
The spillover of bird flu into human populations raised a global health concern.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
In marketing, the effect of advertising one product on the sales of a related product.
The spillover effect of the ad campaign for the new car model also increased sales of the older model.
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Unplanned Outcomes
Spillover shows results were not part of the original intention or plan.
The company's new policy led to a spillover effect of increased employee morale.
Pro Tip 2/2Wide Impact
Used when an action affects a larger area or more aspects than anticipated.
The dam's construction had spillover effects on the surrounding ecosystems.
Pro Tip 1/2Unplanned Outcomes
Spillover shows results were not part of the original intention or plan.
The company's new policy led to a spillover effect of increased employee morale.
Pro Tip 2/2Wide Impact
Used when an action affects a larger area or more aspects than anticipated.
The dam's construction had spillover effects on the surrounding ecosystems.
Pro Tip 1/2Unplanned Outcomes
Spillover shows results were not part of the original intention or plan.
The company's new policy led to a spillover effect of increased employee morale.
Pro Tip 2/2Wide Impact
Used when an action affects a larger area or more aspects than anticipated.
The dam's construction had spillover effects on the surrounding ecosystems.
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COVID-19, Humans, and...
some of the spillover one of the really key factors here is engaging the communities most at risk it doesn't work as an outsider to say oh maybe you shouldn't do this or you shouldn't do this it's really being part of the team and figuring out what the issues are having said that some of the drivers are
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Timothy Bartik: The...
In fact, this effect is so strong that when someone gets a college degree, the spillover effects of this on the wages of others in the metropolitan area are actually greater than the direct effects. So if someone gets a college degree, their lifetime earnings
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The economic case for...
that when someone gets a college degree the spillover effects of this on the wages of others in the metropolitan area are actually greater than the direct effects so if someone gets a college degree their lifetime earnings go up by
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COVID-19, Humans, and...
some of the spillover one of the really key factors here is engaging the communities most at risk it doesn't work as an outsider to say oh maybe you shouldn't do this or you shouldn't do this it's really being part of the team and figuring out what the issues are having said that some of the drivers are
Video examples
Timothy Bartik: The...
In fact, this effect is so strong that when someone gets a college degree, the spillover effects of this on the wages of others in the metropolitan area are actually greater than the direct effects. So if someone gets a college degree, their lifetime earnings
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The economic case for...
that when someone gets a college degree the spillover effects of this on the wages of others in the metropolitan area are actually greater than the direct effects so if someone gets a college degree their lifetime earnings go up by
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Fatos Nano
Albanian Statesman
Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
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John Sulston
British Scientist
An awful lot of food is thrown away. This you can call a spillover. It doesn't sort of enter into our economic system because it's a consequence of running things in a highly competitive way: the free market, global pricing and so on.
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Michael Rooker
American Actor
I learned how to turn it on and turn it off. You learn that in theater, too, but for film work, I learned from doing 'Henry,' I learned how to leave work at work and go home. There's always spillover. Actors speak of this.
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Chad Kroeger
Canadian Musician
I guess if you split the difference between the U.K. and the U.S., you would get Canada. But that's just due to proximity. Just because of distance, we get a lot more cultural spillover from America.
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Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish Comedian
Carrickmacross always had a border mentality. Smuggling would have been a big thing there in the past; there would have been spillover from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
If commercial fishing were excluded from large areas of the sea, the total catch would be likely, paradoxically, to rise, due to what biologists call the spillover effect.
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Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life.
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Fatos Nano
Albanian Statesman
Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.
Quote examples
John Sulston
British Scientist
An awful lot of food is thrown away. This you can call a spillover. It doesn't sort of enter into our economic system because it's a consequence of running things in a highly competitive way: the free market, global pricing and so on.
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Michael Rooker
American Actor
I learned how to turn it on and turn it off. You learn that in theater, too, but for film work, I learned from doing 'Henry,' I learned how to leave work at work and go home. There's always spillover. Actors speak of this.
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Chad Kroeger
Canadian Musician
I guess if you split the difference between the U.K. and the U.S., you would get Canada. But that's just due to proximity. Just because of distance, we get a lot more cultural spillover from America.
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Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish Comedian
Carrickmacross always had a border mentality. Smuggling would have been a big thing there in the past; there would have been spillover from the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
If commercial fishing were excluded from large areas of the sea, the total catch would be likely, paradoxically, to rise, due to what biologists call the spillover effect.
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Albert Bandura
Canadian Psychologist
There are countless studies on the negative spillover of job pressures on family life, but few on how job satisfaction enhances the quality of family life.
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