The final stage of any game.
The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.
A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.