run-off
Water seeking gutters
Run-off is water that flows over land rather than soaking in—rainfall draining from roofs, streets, and fields into streams or sewers: Agricultural run-off carries pesticides into the watershed.
The term extends to any overflow or excess that drains away.
In elections, a run-off is a second contest held when no candidate wins a required majority in the first round: The two top candidates will face each other in a run-off.
Also spelled runoff.
Surface flow from precipitation
- culvertTunnel for water passage
- guttersRooftop water channels
- ditchShallow excavated channel
- sewerUnderground drainage pipe
downspout · erosion · catchment · infiltration · detention · leachate · effluent · percolation
Voting document
- votingFormally registering a choice
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- tiebreakerContest deciding drawn competitors
- majorityOver half of total
plurality · primary · caucus · electorate · precinct · polling · decisive · recount
Soil nutrient supplement
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
- nitratesNitrogen-oxygen salt compounds
- phosphorusGlow-in-dark element
manure · irrigation · contamination · leaching · groundwater · herbicide · fields · soil
stormwater
Surface flow from precipitation
sewer · downspout · erosion · catchment · infiltration · detention · leachate · effluent · percolation · drainfield
ballot
Voting document
- votingFormally registering a choice
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- tiebreakerContest deciding drawn competitors
majority · plurality · primary · caucus · electorate · precinct · polling · decisive · recount · ranked-choice
fertilizer
Soil nutrient supplement
- pesticideAgent destroying harmful organisms
- nutrientsVital dietary substances
- nitratesNitrogen-oxygen salt compounds
phosphorus · manure · irrigation · contamination · leaching · groundwater · herbicide · fields · soil · watershed
spillover
Excess that escapes
surplus · torrent · outpouring · overspill · cascade · discharge · spill · release · diversion · bypass
- Reinsurancereinsurer, retrocession, retention, cession, proportional
- dog sportsagility trials, obedience trials, teeter, tunnels, jumps
- sugarcanecane sugar, sugarcane, cane juice, cane field, bagasse
- track partslane, rail, tie, sleeper, ballast
run-offfirst round
Initial stage of competition
primary election · general election · first vote · primary · opening round
run-offinfiltration
Covert entry into organization
absorption · percolation · seepage · retention · water retention
run-offretention
Continued holding or possession
collection · accumulation · absorption · capture · storage