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Definition of stoppage noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stoppage

noun
 
/ˈstɒpɪdʒ/
 
/ˈstɑːpɪdʒ/
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  1. [countable] a situation in which people stop working as part of a protest or strike
    • 400 workers were involved in the stoppage.
    • a two-day stoppage by train drivers
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • work
    • workplace
    • 24-hour
    • …
    verb + stoppage
    • call
    • call for
    • threaten
    • …
    stoppage + noun
    • time
    preposition
    • during a/​the stoppage
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  2. [countable] (sport) a situation in which a game is interrupted for a particular reason
    • Play resumed quickly after the stoppage.
    • stoppage time (= added on at the end of the game if there have been stoppages)
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  3. [countable] a situation in which something does not move forward or is blocked
    • a stoppage of blood to the heart
  4. stoppages
     [plural] (British English, old-fashioned, formal) an amount of money that an employer takes from people’s wages for tax and other payments
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