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match play definition

match play

  1. play in a match, as in tennis, etc.
  2. Golf a form of competitive play in which the score is calculated by counting holes won rather than strokes taken

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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