Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The portion of rainfall which is not evaporated or absorbed by the soil, but flows off in streams or is available for storage. See the extract.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of runoff.

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Examples

  • Listed buyout firm Candover was one of the first victims of the credit crunch when it failed to raise a new fund and was asked by investors to dispose of its investments over time -- a process known as "run-off".

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Listed buyout firm Candover was one of the first victims of the credit crunch when it failed to raise a new fund and was asked by investors to dispose of its investments over time -- a process known as "run-off".

    unknown title 2011

  • "A large amount of water from the north flowed past Bangkok to the Gulf of Thailand yesterday," Mr Theera said, referring to the run-off water.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • "If I get elected, I won't let this country be run by the international aid agencies as they wish, as it has been so far," says Mirlande Manigat, a candidate in the presidential election run-off, which is expected to be held next month.

    Haiti earthquake charities blamed as scars fail to heal 2011

  • A run-off for the presidential election could bring fresh turmoil.

    Haiti earthquake charities blamed as scars fail to heal 2011

  • No reef ... we had one years ago, but pesticide run-off from the Four Seasons golf course took care of that.

    Snorkeling sites near PV 2010

  • Fertilizer run-off from the Mississippi River has created algae blooms and large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.

    The Unrecognized Malthusian Mistakes « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

  • A small author-is-not-very-clever misunderstanding about the conversion of MS Word wordcounts to page run-off counts means that the book I thought was a bit on the long side, while unfinished, was, ummm, very very very much on the long side.

    Cast in Silence Cover, attempt one msagara 2009

  • No reef ... we had one years ago, but pesticide run-off from the Four Seasons golf course took care of that.

    Snorkeling sites near PV 2010

  • We know that there is a lot of agricultural run-off that goes directly into the lake and brings with it agricultural chemicals of various types.

    Lake Chapala water quality 2009

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