n. - A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.
n. - A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
n. - A dwelling.
n. - In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
n. - In various sports in which the contestants are drawn in pairs, the position or turn of one left with no opponent in consequence of an odd number being engaged; as, to draw a bye in a round of a tennis tournament.
n. - The hole or holes of a stipulated course remaining unplayed at the end of a match.