Associations to the word «Runoff»

Wiktionary

RUNOFF, noun. That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
RUNOFF, noun. Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
RUNOFF, noun. A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated,

Dictionary definition

RUNOFF, noun. The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.
RUNOFF, noun. A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin