Run-off or runoff may refer to:
- A type of insurance, where syndicators and underwriters go into liquidation
- In hydrology, runoff is the combination of surface runoff and interflow. Surface runoff is a term used to describe when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess Water, from Rain, Snowmelt, or other sources flows In Hydrology, interflow is the name given to the lateral movement of Water in the Vadose zone, the name given to the area between the soil water which is It also equivalent to quick flow
- An alternative term in printing for bleed
- Two-round system - a voting system used to elect a single winner, whereby only two candidates from the first round continue to the second round
- Instant-runoff voting - an electoral system whereby voters rank the candidates in order of preference
- Text formatting computer programs
- RUNOFF, first computer type-setting program, on the CTSS operating system
- Runoff (program), type-setting program on the Multics operating system
Bleed is a Printing term that refers to printing that goes beyond the edge of the sheet after trimming The two-round system (also known as the second ballot or runoff voting) is a Voting system used to elect a single winner Instant-runoff voting ( IRV) is a Voting system used for single-winner elections in which voters have one vote and rank Candidates in order of Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in graphic form on Paper or some other medium. RUNOFF was the first Computer Text formatting program to see significant use runoff was the Text formatting program on the Multics Operating system.
Dictionary
runoff
-noun
- That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate, 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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