runoff

Meaning

1. That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
2. Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
3. A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
4. A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.

Concepts

runoff

overflow

overspill

drainage

surplus

subsurface runoff

drain

radial flow

bleeding

discharge

dribble

drip

emanation

emission

escape

flux

leak

leakage

ooze

outflow

spillage

trickle

Etymology

Deverbal from run off.

Sentences

Ravenel endorsed DeMint in the following runoff .