Tiebreaker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An additional contest or period of play designed to establish a winner among tied contestants. Also called tiebreak.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    overtime    extra time   
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