stoppage
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
stoppages
plural
stoppages
Britannica Dictionary definition of STOPPAGE
[count]
1
:
the act of stopping something
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the stoppage of payments
2
:
a situation in which workers stop working for a period of time as a protest
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Workers threatened a stoppage [=strike] if their wages were not increased.
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work stoppages
3
sports
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an occurrence in which play is stopped during a game
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The penalty caused a stoppage in play.
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There have been more than 10 minutes in stoppages.
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10 minutes of stoppage time
