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tiebreaker definition

tie·breaker (tī′brāk′ər)

noun

  1. an additional game, period of play, question, etc. used to establish a winner from among those tied at the end of a contest
  2. Tennis any of several forms of play sometimes used to decide the winner of a set tied at a certain score

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