stoppagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstɒp.ɪdʒ/us/ˈstɑː.pɪdʒ/stoppage noun [ C ] (NOT WORKING)
a time when work is stopped because of a disagreement between workers and employers
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Industrial action
- abstain
- blackleg
- cooling-off period
- demarcation dispute
- direct action
- job action
- lightning strike
- lock
- lock sb out
- lockout
- pay claim
- picket
- strike
- strike pay
- strikebound
- strikebreaker
- sympathy
- walk
- walk out
- walkout
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stoppage noun [ C ] (MONEY)
UK US and Australian English deduction an amount that is taken away from the money that you are paid before you officially receive it:
Stoppages include things like pension contributions and national insurance.
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Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- payroll
- strike pay
- venal
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Costs & expenses
stoppage noun [ C ] (FOOTBALL)
a time during a football match when the game is stopped because of an injury to a player:
In a cup final, if the teams are level after 90 minutes plus any time added on for stoppages, they play extra time.
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- scrimmage
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
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stoppage noun [ C ] (BUS)
Indian English an occasion when a bus stops to allow passengers to get on and off
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Pauses & interludes
- abeyance
- adjourn
- break
- break-journey
- caesura
- coffee break
- comfort stop
- hiatus
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- lapse
- lull
- one-stop
- pause
- postpone
- respite
- stop
- suspension
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