Runoff

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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. 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