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spillover

/ˈspɪlˌəʊvə/

C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The dynamic by which integration in one sector generates pressure to integrate in others.

Neofunctionalists explained deepening integration through functional spillover.

Topic: EU law in Legal English

Business noun

An indirect effect in which activity in one area produces benefits or costs in another.

The knowledge spillover from its research lab quietly lifted the whole regional cluster.

Topic: Strategy in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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