runoff

We have found lemma(root) word of runoff : run-off.

Definitions


[ˈrʌnɒf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a further competition, election, race, etc., after a tie or inconclusive result
(e.g: he won only 49 per cent of the vote, so a run-off will be held)

- the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
(e.g: the ratio of run-off to rainfall)

- a separate area of land where young animals are kept


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries