noun
a match / game, or a series of them, between two players or teams with equal points or scores to decide who the winner is :
They lost to Chicago in the play-offs.
noun
a match / game, or a series of them, between two players or teams with equal points or scores to decide who the winner is :
They lost to Chicago in the play-offs.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005