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tiebreaker

 noun
     
Related topics: Sport, Tennis
tie‧break‧er [countable]
1DS an extra question in a game or quiz, used to decide who will win when two people have the same number of points
2DST also tie‧break the final game of a set in tennis, played when each player has won six games
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