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Noun: spillover  'spil,ow-vu(r)
  1. (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
Verb: spill over  spil ow-vu(r)
  1. Overflow with a certain feeling
    "The children spilt over with joy";
    - bubble over, overflow
     
  2. Be disgorged
    - spill out, pour out

Derived forms: spillovers, spilt over, spilling over, spills over

See also: bubble

Type of: boil, consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, pour, pullulate, result, seethe, stream, swarm, teem, upshot

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