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[ ruhn -awf, -of ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈrʌnˌɔf, -ˌɒf / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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 runoff 1850–55, Americanism ; noun use of verb phrase run off; (def. 2, 3) see -off
Words nearby runoff running text, running time, running title, runny, Runnymede, runoff , run off at the mouth, runoff primary, run off with, run of luck, run-of-paper
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Example sentences from the Web for runoff So then-President George H.W. Bush and other prominent Republicans endorsed Treen in the House runoff .
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise | Jason Berry| January 3, 2015| DAILY BEAST
But what if a Louisiana runoff will determine which party controls the Senate?
Election Day In The Big Sleazy | Jeff Greenfield| November 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Tyner went on to note that correct legal remedy if the runoff was called into question was “a new election.”
Could Chris McDaniel Get A Do-Over In The Mississippi Senate Race? | Ben Jacobs| July 10, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Under Mississippi law, if no candidate receives 50 percent, a runoff is mandated, held three weeks later.
How Thad Cochran Pulled Off a Win Over Chris McDaniel (Simple, Really) | Stuart Stevens| June 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Cochran just flat outworked his opponent all through the runoff .
How Thad Cochran Pulled Off a Win Over Chris McDaniel (Simple, Really) | Stuart Stevens| June 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Another part may penetrate a little distance into the zone of weathering and then join the runoff .
The Economic Aspect of Geology | C. K. Leith
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.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers Association
Scrub on the remainder, however, serves to stabilize the soil of the forest lands against erosion and to slow the runoff of water.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria | Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
Such of them as issue from storm sewers will be eliminated when a solution turns up for the problem of runoff water.
The Nation's River | United States Department of the Interior
Geological conditions are frequently of great importance in their influence on the quantity and regularity of runoff .
The Economic Aspect of Geology | C. K. Leith
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British Dictionary definitions for runoff verb (adverb) (intr) to depart in haste
(tr) to produce quickly, as copies on a duplicating machine
to drain (liquid) or (of liquid) to be drained
(tr) to decide (a race) by a runoff
(tr) to get rid of (weight, etc) by running
(intr) (of a flow of liquid) to begin to dry up; cease to run
run off with to steal; purloin to elope with SEE MORE SEE LESS noun runoff an extra race to decide the winner after a tie a contest or election held after a previous one has failed to produce a clear victory for any one person that portion of rainfall that runs into streams as surface water rather than being absorbed into ground water or evaporating
the overflow of a liquid from a container
NZ grazing land for store cattle
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Idioms and Phrases with runoff 1 Escape; see run away, def. 2.
2 Flow off, drain, as in By noon all the water had run off the driveway . [Early 1700s]
3 Print, duplicate, or copy, as in We ran off 200 copies of the budget . [Late 1800s]
4 Decide a contest or competition, as in The last two events will be run off on Tuesday . [Late 1800s]
5 Also, run someone out . Force or drive someone away, as in The security guard ran off the trespassers , or They ran him out of town . [Early 1700s]
6 Produce or perform quickly and easily, as in After years of practice, he could run off a sermon in a couple of hours . [Late 1600s]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Words related to runoff drainage, overflow