runoff
noun
us/ˈrʌnˌɔf/runoffnoun(ELECTION)
[C]
a second orfinalelectionheldwhen no one got enoughvotestowinanearlierelection
runoffnoun(LIQUID)
[U]earth science
waterthatflowsaway from highareastolowareas:
Houses andsubdivisionscandisturbspringwaterrunoff from themountains.
[U]earth science
Runoff is alsochemicalsandanimalexcrementthatflowintoriversandlakesandpollutetheenvironment:
Stormwater runoff is amajorsourceofwaterpollution.