Definitions
1.NounA disease spread by contact.
2.NounThe spread or transmission of such a disease.
3.NounThe spread of anything likened to a contagious disease.
The passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
4.NounThe passing on of manners or behaviour through a closed community or household.
5.NounThe spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
6.NounA recession or crisis developed in such manner."(Can we add an example for this sense?)"