stoppage
noun /ˈstɒpɪdʒ/
/ˈstɑːpɪdʒ/
- [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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- work
- workplace
- 24-hour
- …
- call
- call for
- threaten
- …
- time
- during a/the stoppage
- [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)
- [countable] a situation in which something does not move forward or is blocked
- a stoppage of blood to the heart
- stoppages[plural] (British English, old-fashioned, formal) an amount of money that an employer takes from people’s wages for tax and other payments