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runoff

[ ruhn-awf, -of ]

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noun

something that drains or flows off, as rain that flows off from the land in streams.
a final contest held to determine a victor after earlier contests have eliminated the weaker contestants.
a deciding final contest held after one in which there has been no decisive victor, as between two contestants who have tied for first place.
Also called rundown. a continual or prolonged reduction, especially in quantity or supply:
a runoff in bank deposits; a sharp runoff in business inventories.
Stock Exchange. the final prices appearing on the ticker after the closing bell is rung for the trading day.

Origin of runoff¹

1850–55, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase run off; runoff ( def 2, 3 ) -off

So then-President George H.W. Bush and other prominent Republicans endorsed Treen in the House runoff.

But what if a Louisiana runoff will determine which party controls the Senate?

“Do not allow liquid runoff to enter sewers or public waters,” the report states.

Tyner went on to note that correct legal remedy if the runoff was called into question was “a new election.”

But like a lot of things in life, how hard you work matters, and in a short runoff campaign, every day is like a week.

Gradual thawing would allow normal runoff without much penetration.

Runoff is checked by a sod and less water is used by a sod in mid-summer, after it has been mowed, than by a heavy cover crop.

Scrub on the remainder, however, serves to stabilize the soil of the forest lands against erosion and to slow the runoff of water.

It had narrow twisting lanes, some with a ditch down the middle for water runoff.

Another part may penetrate a little distance into the zone of weathering and then join the runoff.

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