See Also: Stoppage(medicine)
stoppage(dictionary)
stoppage(dictionary)
Work Stoppage(money)

stoppage (iou)



stoppage noun. LME.
[from STOP verb + -AGE.]
Deduction from payments; a sum stopped or deducted from a person's wages. LME.
Ld Macaulay She should receive her income regularly and without stoppages.
a. Obstruction of a road, stream, etc. Formerly also, an obstacle, something that obstructs. M16.
b. A traffic jam. E18.
An obstructed condition of a bodily organ; a blockage of a duct or passage in the body. L16.
M. Underwood The Snuffles, or stoppage of the nose.
Interception and detention of goods in transit. E17.
The action of stopping something or causing something to cease; ending or discontinuance of supply. M17.
P. Fussell Frequent narrative stoppage, overall clumsiness.
a. Cessation of movement or activity; a stop or halt in a journey. L18.
b. A cessation or interruption of work owing to disagreement between employer and employees; a strike. E20.
token stoppage: see TOKEN noun & adjective.
The action of stopping payment or of declaring oneself unable to meet one's financial obligations. E19.
Law Times Several companies, the stoppage of one of which..has ruined a number of persons.