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spillover

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spill⋅o⋅ver

  [spil-oh-ver]
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–noun
1. the act of spilling over.
2. a quantity of something spilled over; overflow.
Origin:
1940–45; n. use of v. phrase spill over
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spill·o·ver   (spĭl'ō'vər)   
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of spilling over.

  2. An amount or quantity spilled over.

  3. A side effect arising from or as if from an unpredicted source: Late trains were a spillover of increased ridership.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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