stoppage

stop·page  (stpj)

n.

The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; a halt: called for a work stoppage.

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stoppage

Noun

1. the act of stopping something or the state of being stopped: a heart stoppage

2. a deduction of money, such as taxation, from pay

3. an organized stopping of work during industrial action

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stoppage - the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" halt, hitch, stay, arrest, check, stop inaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactive countercheck - a check that restrains another check logjam - any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam"
	2.	stoppage - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" blockage, occlusion, closure, block, stop breech closer, breechblock - a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult plug, stopple, stopper - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly vapor lock, vapour lock - a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
	3.	stoppage - the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood" stop human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen stand-down, standdown - (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis - surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat)

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stoppage

noun 1. stopping, halt, standstill, close, arrest, lay-off, shutdown, cutoff, abeyance, discontinuance

noun 2. blockage, obstruction, stopping up, occlusion

Translations

stoppage [ˈstɔpɪdʒ] n (= strike) → paro (= temporary stop); interrupción f [of pay] → suspensión f (= blockage); obstrucción f

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stoppage [ˈstɔpɪdʒ] stop n → arrêt m [of pay]; retenue f (= strike); arrêt m de travail (= obstruction); obstruction f

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stoppage [ˈstɔpɪdʒ] stop n (strike) → Streik m;

(blockage) → Unterbrechung f;

(of pay, cheque) → Sperrung f;

(deduction) → Abzug m

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stoppage [ˈstɔpɪdʒ] n → arresto, fermata; [of pay] → trattenuta (= strike); interruzione f del lavoro