n. 1. Any series or sequence of actions. [ PJC ]

2. A document circulated from one person to another in a group, often with comments added by each recipient. [ PJC ]

3. A petition or similar document, in which the signatures are arranged in circular form in order to conceal the order of signing. [ PJC ]

4. (Sports) A tournament in which each contestant plays against every other contestant at least once; a failure to win any contest does not result in elimination from the tournament. Contrasted with elimination tournament [ PJC ]