round robin vs suit

round robin

noun
  • A petition signed in a circular fashion to disguise the order in which it was done. 

  • A form of bet on the full set of possible combinations from a larger group (of teams, racehorses, etc.), such as the outcomes A+B, B+C and A+C from a group ABC. 

  • 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. 

  • A form of trade, a series of exchanges in which each person in turn receives items of the same value from the previous person, finally returning to the original donor. For example in (philately) 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. 

  • A letter, with copies to multiple recipients, usually at Christmastime and often enclosed with a card, giving family news of interest to the sender. 

  • The MIDI technique of using different sampled versions of the same sound for successive notes, to avoid an unnaturally repetitive effect. 

  • A method of dividing labor between several similar subsystems, assigning tasks to each of them in turn in an attempt to use resources more equitably. 

  • The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn. 

suit

noun
  • Petition, request, entreaty. 

  • The full set of sails required for a ship. 

  • A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. 

  • The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit. 

  • A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor. 

  • A full set of armour. 

  • Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. 

  • Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship. 

  • A garment or set of garments suitable and/or required for a given task or activity: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit, swimsuit. 

verb
  • To be suitable or apt for one's image. 

  • To be appropriate or apt for. 

  • To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit. 

  • To please; to make content; to fit one's taste. 

  • To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with) 

  • To dress; to clothe. 

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