runoff
noun
Meaning
- 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 been eliminated.
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