Usage of "tie-breaker"

Russian

Portuguese

Means of deciding a single winner of an otherwise-tied contest (e.g. sports)

Usage of tie-breaker in English

Reading the tie-breaker rules or applying said rules may not be adequate. 
 The South African 

Blake and Seppi have gone to a tie-breaker in the third set. 
 The Guardian 

That unlikely victory would propel Verona towards a relegation tie-breaker with Reggina. 
 The Guardian 

That will leave us with the tie-breaker calculations for deciding first and second. 
 The South African 

And when it does, it may well be with the tie-breaker in place. 
 Radio NZ 

The usual tie-breaker scenarios will be in place for those seeds. 
 News.com.au 

The Trail Blazers own the tie-breaker should the teams finish with identical records. 
 Reuters 

Robin Soderling is currently playing a first-set tie-breaker against Gilles Muller. 
 The Guardian 

A dubious line call for Lindstrom in the tie-breaker helped to wave Grier through. 
 The Irish Times 

Vice President Mike Pence could then act as a tie-breaker. 
 Reuters 

No vote in the democratic era has ever gone to a tie-breaker in this country. 
 The South African 

I've actually thought of the possibility of a tie-breaker at 3-all in the fifth set. 
 The Guardian 

He takes a nail-biting 3rd set tie-breaker and fair to say he is fired up. 
 News.com.au 

And so the contest progressed to the ultimate tie-breaker. 
 The Guardian 

Now the gap to 17th-placed Empoli was just five points, and Crotone held the head-to-head tie-breaker. 
 The Guardian 

Wednesday's tie-breaker starts with four rapid games, with an initial time limit of 25 minutes per player. 
 The Guardian 

Frequent collocations

Translations for tie-breaker

Russian

Portuguese

Tie-breaker through the time

Meanings of tie-breaker in English