Associations to the word «Spillover»

Wiktionary

SPILLOVER, noun. That which overflows; the excess or side effect.
SPILLOVER, noun. The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans.

Dictionary definition

SPILLOVER, noun. (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats