noun
1.
a. : a written petition, memorial, or protest to which the signatures are affixed in a circle so as not to indicate who signed first
b. : a statement signed by several persons
a round robin signed by 15 senators, who declared that … they would not vote to convict the governor — Hodding Carter
c. : a letter sent in turn to the members of a group (as a college class) each of whom signs and forwards it sometimes after adding information or comment
a round robin letter to religious leaders in the community requesting that they pass the bibliography on to the next person on a list — American Library Association Bulletin
2. : a talk or meeting in which several participants share : round table
got together on a round robin telephone hookup — Newsweek
3. : a tournament in which every contestant meets every other contestant in turn
4. : series , sequence , round
around round robin of price boosts — Newsweek
round robin of colorcasts for all the regular shows on the network — Advertising Age
5. : round scad