playoff

also
n. Sports

1. A final game or series of games played to break a tie.
2. A series of games played to determine a championship.

1.  See under play both ends against the middle.
2.  Break a tie by playing an additional game or period, as in Each team had won three games so they had to play off the tie to decide the championship.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: set into opposition or rivalry
  Synonyms: pit, oppose, match

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - omkamp

Français (French)
n. - (GB) prolongation, (US) match crucial

Deutsch (German)
n. - Entscheidungsspiel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλοπ.) ρεβάνς, επαναληπτικός αγώνας

Italiano (Italian)
spareggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - jogo de desempate (m)

Русский (Russian)
делать, сыграть решающий матч

Español (Spanish)
n. - partido de desempate

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slutspel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
最后决赛

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 最後決賽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 결승경기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 決勝試合, プレーオフ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משחקי-גמר, פליי-אוף‬

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