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round robin

The correct spelling is round robin.

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noun

Say it like: Row-nd -rob-in

The correct spelling is round robin. The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.

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  1. 1.The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.
  2. 2.A petition signed in a circular fashion to disguise the order in which it was done.
  3. 3.A letter, with copies to multiple recipients, usually at Christmastime and often enclosed with a card, giving family news of interest to the sender.
  4. 4.A method of dividing loot amongst a party of players by having the game assign in turn loot to a player or an enemy corpse to loot to a player.
  5. 5.A form of trade, wherein a stamp collector sends a packet of stamps to the next person on a list, who then takes the stamps he wants, replacing them with like-valued stamps, and then passing the packet to the next person on the list, until the packet ultimately returns to the original sender.

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