tiebreaker
noun/ˈtaɪˌbreɪkər/
Frequency rank: #15,488 most common English word
Meaning
a final contest or question used to decide a winner when competitors are tied.
Example sentence
Neither team had scored after extra time, so the match was decided by tiebreaker penalty shootout as the tiebreaker.
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