Word.ws English Dictionary

backward linkages

backward linkages is the plural of backward linkage.

Meaning of backward linkage

Noun

backward linkage (plural backward linkages)

  1. An effect in which increased production by a downstream manufacturer provides positive pecuniary externalities to an upstream manufacturer responsible for different stages of the same production process.

Questions about backward linkages

What is backward linkages the plural of?
Backward linkages is the plural of backward linkage.

Words near backward linkages in the dictionary

  1. backward induction
  2. backward inductions
  3. backward integration
  4. backward integrations
  5. backward linkage
  6. backward linkages
  7. backward masking
  8. backward pass
  9. backward passes
  10. backward pawn
  11. backward pawns

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: backward linkages (page history and authors); backward linkage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “backward linkages.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/backward_linkages. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.