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runoff::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | election |
| Derivation | run off |
Examples of runoff
runoff
That outcome forced a runoff because neither candidate got more than 50 percent.
From the sacbee.com
Bachelet, a liberal, endorsed Pinera's opponent in a runoff election in January.
From the edition.cnn.com
Sometimes you can even see the waste runoff going directly going into the water.
From the time.com
With a vote over 50 percent, Jindal was able to avoid a Nov. 17 runoff election.
From the time.com
The election went ahead in October but then headed to a runoff vote last Sunday.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Chronicle is withholding its final endorsement in the race until the runoff.
From the chron.com
Johnson beat Fargo in the primary by 46 percent to 39 percent, forcing a runoff.
From the sacbee.com
He blamed the state highways for runoff of sand and road salt during the winter.
From the timesunion.com
Nitrogen dissolves in water and can reach a waterway in the runoff after a rain.
From the delawareonline.com
- Overflow: the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
- The two-round system (also known as the second ballot, runoff voting or ballotage) is a voting system used to elect a single winner. Under runoff voting, the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. ...
- Runoff was the text formatting program on the Multics operating system.
- Surface runoff is the water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain, meltwater, or other sources flows over the land. This is a major component of the hydrologic cycle. ...
- That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area; Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water; A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have ...
- The amount of precipitation appearing in surface streams, rivers, and lakes; defined as the depth to which a drainage area would be covered if all of the runoff for a given period of time were uniformly distributed over it.
- A number of document-formatting programs of related ancestry that operate in batch mode and use a highly extensional set of formatting commands. Macros within Runoff allow more intentional formatting.
- A synonym for wort, or the liquid that you separate from the spent grain husks during lautering.
