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round robin

 
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–noun
1. a sequence or series.
2. a petition, remonstrance, or the like, having the signatures arranged in circular form so as to disguise the order of signing.
3. a letter, notice, or the like, circulated from person to person in a group, often with individual comments being added by each.
4. Sports. a tournament in which all of the entrants play each other at least once, failure to win a contest not resulting in elimination.
Also, round-robin.

Origin:
1540–50
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round robin 
"petition or complaint signed in a circle to disguise the order in which names were affixed and prevent ringleaders from being identified," 1730, originally in ref. to sailors and frequently identified as a nautical term. As a kind of tournament in which each player plays the others, it is recorded from 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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