run off

Liability of an insurance company for future claims that it expects to pay and for which a reserve has been established.

1.  Escape; see run away, def. 2.
2.  Flow off, drain, as in By noon all the water had run off the driveway. [Early 1700s]
3.  Print, duplicate, or copy, as in We ran off 200 copies of the budget. [Late 1800s]
4.  Decide a contest or competition, as in The last two events will be run off on Tuesday. [Late 1800s]
5.  Also, run someone out. Force or drive someone away, as in The security guard ran off the trespassers, or They ran him out of town. [Early 1700s]
6.  Produce or perform quickly and easily, as in After years of practice, he could run off a sermon in a couple of hours. [Late 1600s]

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The verb has 7 meanings:

Meaning #1: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  Synonyms: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, go off

Meaning #2: leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  Synonyms: run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off

Meaning #3: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  Synonyms: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off

Meaning #4: run away secretly with one's beloved
  Synonym: elope

Meaning #5: run off as waste
  Synonym: waste

Meaning #6: reproduce by xerography
  Synonyms: photocopy, xerox

Meaning #7: decide (a game) by a runoff

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - omvalg, omløb, afstrømning

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) finale, (Pol) élection pour départager deux candidats, eaux de ruissellement, (US) rallonge (d'une table)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Sport) Stechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επαναληπτική εκλογή ή αγώνας, απορροή, στράγγισμα

Italiano (Italian)
spareggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fuga (f)

Русский (Russian)
решающий забег

Español (Spanish)
n. - eliminatoria, carrera de desempate o final

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avgörande, final, avrinning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
流量, 决赛, 溢流, 决胜选举

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 流量, 決賽, 溢流, 決勝選舉

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 땅 위를 흐르는 빗물, 유거수, 결승전

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 決勝戦

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תחרות מכריעה, התמודדות מכריעה, עודף נוזלים‬

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