/ ˈɪnflʌks; NAmE / noun
[ usually sing. ] influx (of sb/sth) (into ... ) the fact of a lot of people, money or things arriving somewhere :
a massive / sudden influx of visitors
the influx of wealth into the region
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (denoting an inflow of liquid, gas, or light): from late Latin influxus , from influere flow in, from in- into + fluere to flow.