spillover

noun

spill·​over ˈspil-ˌō-vər 

often attributive

1

: the act or an instance of spilling over

2

: a quantity that spills over

3

: an extension of something especially when an excess exists

benefiting from a spillover of prosperity from neighboring states

Examples of spillover in a Sentence

Put a pan under the pie to catch any spillovers.

New technology has a positive spillover effect into countless fields.

Recent Examples on the Web

Insomnia is the occupational disease of enslaved mind workers, with a predictable spillover into the aesthetes who mock it yet participate in it. —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025

The risk of a bird flu pandemic depends on whether the virus stays primarily an animal disease, with occasional spillover infections, or mutates to be a human illness. —Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024

For example, if your salary reaches $445,000, or $100,000 over the limit, the excess 17% translates to $17,000 as spillover into the MBCBP. —Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024

That could have spillover effects for the U.S., with less demand for domestic exports that would weigh on Trump's economy. —Courtenay Brown, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined at sense 1