Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Rainfall not absorbed by soil.
- noun The overflow of fluid from a container.
- noun An extra competition held to break a tie.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That portion of
precipitation orirrigation on an area which does notinfiltrate orevaporate , but instead isdischarged from the area. - noun Dissolved
chemicals , etc, included in such water. - noun A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
- noun the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
Etymologies
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Examples
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More photos and interactive graphics While Ms. Rousseff lacks the charisma of Mr. da Silva, who rose from poverty to capture the country's most important job, one big factor in her favor in the runoff is her message: more of the same.
Rousseff Faces Runoff in Brazil John Lyons 2010
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Instead, the farm's irrigation system will probably use ground water that does not contain runoff, he said.
Susan Buchanan: New Orleans Food Farms Struggle With Toxins and Red Tape Susan Buchanan 2010
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Is it safe to eat fish caught in a lake that collects runoff from a sub-division?
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Is it safe to eat fish caught in a lake that collects runoff from a sub-division?
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If runoff is a big problem, it would make more sense to collect the rain water for irrigation in the public parks with tennis courts.
Ain't nothin' like the real thing, baby (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Instead, the farm's irrigation system will probably use ground water that does not contain runoff, he said.
Susan Buchanan: New Orleans Food Farms Struggle With Toxins and Red Tape Susan Buchanan 2010
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The biggest winner in a runoff is third-party Green Party candidate Ms. Silva, whose last-minute surge in the polls is credited with pushing the election to a second round.
Rousseff Faces Runoff in Brazil John Lyons 2010
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Troughlike flower beds, fed by the runoff from the roof gutters, surrounded the squat buildings like a moat.
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If no candidate wins a simple majority, a runoff is slated to be held in late November between the top two vote-getters.
African Polls Show Volatile Democracy John James 2010
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And as anybody who watched the Chambliss/Martin runoff election last year knows, the current administration is exceptionally cautious about that sort of thing.
PPP: McDonnell/Deeds 51/37. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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