influx

Etymology

From Latin īnflūxus (“inflow; influence”), from īnfluō (“flow or run into”).

noun

  1. A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
    I'll buy a new computer when I get an influx of cash.
    the general influx of Greek into modern languages
    By the 1880s, the pretty harbour village of Lynmouth was enjoying an influx of holidaymakers brought by paddle steamers from the likes of Bristol and Swansea. January 13 2021, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53
  2. That which flows or comes in.
  3. (obsolete) influence; power.
    A continued influx of the Divine Goodness 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

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