RUNOFF

runoff

(noun) a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

overflow, runoff, overspill

(noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

runoff (countable and uncountable, plural runoffs)

That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.

Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.

A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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