Question of the Day #300

"The Note: Mississippi runoff tests Democrats’ momentum"
From the headline of this article at ABC News.

上記の文で、runoff の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "runoff" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


1. 〔水・液体・土砂などの〕流出
2. 〔環境を破壊する〕流出液
3. 地表を流れる雨水
4. 〔試合などで同点になった場合の〕優勝決定戦
5. 〔選挙戦で得票が同数になった場合の〕決選投票

多くの意味がありますが、この見出しの場合は当然5番目です。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. a final race, contest, or election to decide an earlier one that has not resulted in a decision in favor of any one competitor
2. the portion of precipitation on land that ultimately reaches streams often with dissolved or suspended material

In the case of the headline above, it goes without saying that 1 is correct.

Examples

• Failing that, a runoff is held between the two leading candidates, and whoever gains a majority of votes is declared winner. — Ghassan Adnan And Isabel Coles, WSJ, "Iraq Lawmakers Delay Vote to Elect New President," 1 Oct. 2018
• If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the votes on Oct. 7, a runoff will be held on Oct. 28. — Mauricio Savarese, Fox News, "Brazilian court spares far-right candidate from racism trial," 12 Sep. 2018
• So then-President George H.W. Bush and other prominent Republicans endorsed Treen in the House runoff.
• But what if a Louisiana runoff will determine which party controls the Senate?