Stoppage

Definition: Stoppage

Stoppage

Noun

1. The state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat".

2. An obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe".

3. The act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stoppage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

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Synonyms: Stoppage

Cessation

Intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping; Verb: closure, stoppage, halt; arrival. pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop; interregnum, abeyance; cloture.

Hindrance

Noun: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism; infarct; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation; coarctation, stricture, restriction; restraint; inhibition; blockade; (closure).

Crosswords: Stoppage

French (estoppel, hitch, invisible mending).

Business

Traditionally union leaders have been able to come to agreement with management with relatively little work stoppage. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED KINGDOM

Unofficial strikers can be legally dismissed, and voluntary work stoppage is considered a breach of contract. (references)

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

The Labor Dispute Adjustment Act requires unions to notify the Labor Ministry of their intention to strike, and normally mandates a 10-day "cooling-off period" before a work stoppage may legally begin. (references)

OMAN

The temperature during Oman's hot summer has never been officially recorded at the 50 degree (Celsius) mark (122 degrees Fahrenheit), which, adhering to an International Labor Organization standard, would mandate the stoppage of outside labor. (references)

Worker Rights

Kuwait

In September 300 foreign workers staged a one-day work stoppage at a fast food restaurant chain, complaining that they had not been paid for nearly 9 months. (references)

Guatemala

However, a 24-hour nationwide demonstration involving work stoppage was called by labor unions and then joined by employers, to protest Government plans to increase the value-added tax. (references)

Canada

The legislation allows teachers and support workers to strike but requires that all students, regardless of age or grade, continue to receive classroom instruction, even if it is from a minimal staff, during any work stoppage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "stoppage": stoppage of game ♦ stoppage of work ♦ sudden stoppage ♦ trade stoppage ♦ work stoppage. Additional references.

Albanian

pushim (break, cease, cessation, chuck, discharge, dismissal, dismission, intermission, leave, letup, outage, pause, playtime, recess, recreation, relaxation, reprieve, respite, rest, standstill), pengesë (balk, bar, barrier, baulk, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, obstruction, preclusion, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), ndalim (arrest, attachment, ban, cessation, defence, detention, disallowance, embargo, Forbiddance, halt, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, juju, lid, negative, prohibition, stay, stop, stopping, taboo), ndalesë (check, halt, pause, rest, stand, standstill, station, stop, stopover, stopping), grevë (delay, hitch, setback, strike). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وقف (bait, bristle, carry, cessation, check, come to a halt, devote, discontinuation, disposal, get up, halt, pause, pull up, refraining, rise, severance, stand, stand up, stasis, stood, stopping), ‏توقف اللعب, ‏توقف (break off, breakdown, come to a halt, cut off, demise, discontinue, end, halt, hinge, hitch, lapse, layover, let up, letup, obstruction, pass by, pause, pull up, quit, rest, run down, setback, stall, stand, stay, stop, stop over, stopping, touch), ‏المقتطع من الراتب, ‏إنسداد (jam, jamming, obstruction, obtuseness, occlusion, stop, stopping), ‏إستراحة (break, breather, lounge, repose, rest, silence, standoff, subsidence), ‏إعتراض (blockage, demur, exception, interception, intervention, kick, objection, protest, protestation, quibble, remonstrance, stop), ‏إضراب (industrial action, lock out, lockout, standoff, strike). (various references)

Bulgarian 

удържане (deduction), запушване (block, closure, obstruction, occlusion, stopping), задръстване (blockage, congestion, entanglement, foul, jam, obstruction, occlusion). (various references)

Chinese 

停止 (Cease, Ceased, Ceasing, Cessation, Descend, Descended, Descending, Desist, Desisted, Desisting, stopped, stopped-up, stopping, Stopping-out), � �塞 (blockage). (various references)

Czech

stávka (industrial action, strike, walkout), zadržení (detention, Parry, restraint, retention), zacpání, přerušení (adjournment, breach, break, cessation, discontinuation, disruption, intermission, interruption, let, let up, recess, stop, suspense), dopravní zácpa (holdup, traffic jam). (various references)

Danish

kortvarig arbejdsnedlæggelse. (various references)

Dutch

ruwe stopping (abrupt stop, sudden stop, sudden stoppage), plotselinge stopping (abrupt stop, sudden stop, sudden stoppage). (various references)

Farsi 

منع (Deterrence, Interdict, Obstruction, Prohibition, Proscription, Rebuff, Restraint, Restriction, Snub, Stop, Veto), سد (Barrier, Dam, Dike, Pile, Sluice, Stank), خط (Character, Fascia, Groove, Hand, Handwriting, Penmanship, Ruck, Streak), جلوگیری (Blockage, Curb, Interdict, Obstruction, Preservation, Prevention, Restraint, Restriction, Snub, Suppression), ایست (Caesura, Cease, Cessation, Close, Halt, Interval, Period, Standstill, Stay, Suspension), بازداشت (Curb, Deterrence). (various references)

Finnish

työnseisaus (shut-down, stoppage of work), lyhytaikainen lakko. (various references)

French

arrêt (bus stop, stand, stand off, standstill, stop, stopper, stopping). (various references)

German

Sperrung (banning, barring, blocking, closing, closure, disconnection, inhibition, locking, spacing, stopping, suspension), Hemmung (check, escapement, hampering, hindering, inhibition, obstruction, scruple, staunching, stemming). (various references)

Greek 

στάση εργασίας, σταμάτημα (dead lock, halt, parking, stand, stay, stop), βούλωμα (bung, clogging, plug, stopper, stopple), παύση (breather, cessation, dismissal, ebb, halt, pause, rest, stop, surcease, suspension). (various references)

Hebrew 

שבית�" (standstill, strike, walkout), עכוב (delay, hindrance, hitch, hold up, interception, obstacle, obstruction, prevention, retardation, setback, suspension), עציר�" (apprehension, halt, prevention, retention, stand, stop), עצר (restraint, stay, stop), אוטם (caulker, closure, sealer), אפיס�" (absence, cessation, lack), אטימ�" (caulking, closing, obstruction, obturation), �"עצרות (cessation, retention), בלימ�" (braking, check, inhibition, restraint, shutting), סתימ�" (blockage, closing, obstruction, obturation, stop, stopping). (various references)

Hungarian

megállítás (check, stopping, tackle), megállás (break in a journey, cease, check, halt, jolt, pause, stand, standstill, stop, there is no standing still). (various references)

Indonesian

kemacetan (bottleneck, breakdown, jamming, logjam, shutdown). (various references)

Italian

sosta (break, halt, layover, pause, rest, stop, stopover, stopping), interruzione (blackout, break, discontinuance, discontinuity, disturbance, hesitation, hiatus, intermission, interruption, outage, recess), intasamento (block, choke), fermata (arrest, call, halt, pause, stand, stop, stopover, stopping), blocco (barrier, bloc, block, blockade, detent, gross, jam, lock, lock out, lump, pad), arresto (apprehension, arrest, capture, check, deadlock, detention, halt, stand, standstill, stop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"絶 (cessation, interruption, suspension), 閉止 , 停止 (abeyance, ban, deadlock, interruption, stalemate, standstill, suspension), 杜絶 (cessation, interruption, suspension), 止まり (end, stop), 梗塞 (block, infarction, tightness), 不通 (cessation, interruption, suspension, tie-up), 中止 (discontinuance, interruption, suspension). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふつう (cessation, generally, interruption, ordinarily, suspension, tie-up, train that stops at every station, usually), �"うそく (best student, block, high gear, high speed, infarction, leading disciple, luminous flux, restraint, restriction, school regulations, speed of light, tightness), へいし (dying, falling dead, perishing, soldier, the Tairas), とぜつ (cessation, interruption, suspension), とまり (anchorage, end, night duty, stay, stop, stopover), ていし (abeyance, adherent, apprentice, ban, cessation, deadlock, disciple, exhibition, follower, interruption, ladder, low-interest funds, pupil, stairs, stalemate, standstill, suspension, teacher's student-helper, young person), ちゅうし (Central China, discontinuance, gazing steadily at, interruption, middle finger, observingclosely, resident in China, suspension). (various references)

Manx

stholk (stem, strike, turn out, walk out), sthappal (pause), stad (arrest, intermission, pull up, stage, stand, standstill, station, stationary, stay, stop, stop point, stop sign, stopping place), lhiettalys (check, clogging, constriction, counteraction, discouragement, embargo, hindrance, hitch, impedance, inhibition, interception, let, obstruction, prevention, restraint, restriction, stay). (various references)

Pig Latin

oppagestay

Portuguese

paragem (checkout, flag-station, halt, intermission, location, place, spot, standstill, station, stay, stop, stopping), interrupção (adjournment, cessation, discontinuance, dwell, gap, intermission, interrupt, interruption, pretermission, suspension), interferência (eject, interference, meddling), impedimento (arrest, balk, batman, clog, cramp, delay, deterrent, embargo, estoppel, gag, hindrance, hitch, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, patency, preclusion, preventer, prevention, preventive, stop, trammels), cessação (cease, cessation, close, stopping, surcease). (various references)

Romanian

reţinere (check, continence, deduction, detention, moderation, pause, reservation, restraint, retainer, retention), popas (bait, halt, stand), oprire (arrest, ban, block, call off, cease, cessation, containment, end, foreclosure, halt, interruption, let up, obstruction, pause, prohibition, retention, stage, stall, stand, standstill, station, stay, stick, stop, stopping), obstrucţie (block, check, hindrance, obstruction, obstructiveness, stopping), haltã (halt, stand, stop), întrerupere (abruption, arrest, breach, catch, cessation, chasm, disconnection, discontinuance, discontinuity, disjunction, intermission, interruption, interval, lapse, lock out, pause, stop, stopping, suspense), închidere (close, closing, closure, confinement, enclosure, shut down), împotrivire (repugnance, resistance, stand, stopping). (various references)

Russian 

остановка (cessation, halt, hitch, lay over, layover, letup, locking, pause, pit stop, shut-down, shutdowns, shutoff, stand, stay, stop, stopping, tie up, tie-up, trapping). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zastoj (deadlock, halt, hitch, hold up, malfunction, misfire, pause, slowdown, stagnancy, stagnation, stand, standstill, stasis, tie up), začepljenje (obstruction, obturation, occlusion), obustava (adjournment, dismissal, stop, suspension, tie up). (various references)

Spanish

plante, paro (arrest, chickadee, shutdown, standstill, strike, tit), parada (boasting, check, detention, halt, lieu, parade, Parry, pen, pull up, rank, relay, save, stake, stand, standstill, stop, stoping, stopping place), obstrucción (bar, barrier, block, blockage, clog, dam, fence, goaf, jam, lumber, obstruction). (various references)

Swedish

arbetsnedläggelse. (various references)

Turkish

stopaj, tatil (holiday, recess, recessional, vac, vacation), tıkanma (being choked up, being stopped, occlusion), tıkanıklık (being choked up, blockage, bottleneck, congestion, deadlock, hold up, jam, stuffiness, tie up), tıkama (choking up, obstruction, obturation, occlusion, plugging, sealing, springing, stopping), peklik (constipation), kesme (abscission, clip, curtailment, cut, cutback, cutting, discontinuation, interception, nip, scission, section, shearing, shutoff, suppression, truncation), kesinti (cut, deduction, dock, dockage, interruption, subtraction, wage cut), kabız (costive), işi durdurma, durma (cessation, full stop, go ahead, halt, pause, pose, standstill, stay, stop, tie up), durdurma (arrest, check, hold, interception, interruption, retention, shutoff, stopping, suppression, suspension, tackle), alıkoyma (constraint, detention, interception, preclusion, retardation, retention, stay). (various references)

Ukrainian

зупинка (arrest, cessation, check, halt, halting, standstill, stop, stopping, tie up, trapping), пробка у вуличному русі, припинення роботи. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nghẽn, sự ngừng lại (let-up, standstill, stop), sự đình chỉ sự tắc. (various references)

Welsh

ataliaeth (check, prevention), ataliad (check, prevention), atalfa (barrier, check, prevention). (various references)

epokhe. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "stoppage": stoppages. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Stoppage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: scopare, stopage, Stopgate, stoppa. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gestapo, postage, potages, stopgap.

-2 letters: appose, potage, sapote.

-3 letters: estop, gapes, gates, getas, goats, pages, paseo, paste, pates, peags, peats, pepos, pesto, poets, popes, psoae, septa, spate, stage, stoae, stope, tapes, tepas, toeas, togae, togas, topes.

-4 letters: ages, apes, apse, ates, atop, east, eats, egos, epos, etas, gaes, gape, gaps, gasp, gast, gate, gats.

+1 letter: stoppages.

+2 letters: propagates.

+3 letters: apophthegms.

+4 letters: spectrograph, topographers, topographies, typographers, typographies.

+5 letters: mousetrapping, petrographers, petrographies, photographers, photographies, pictographies, rephotographs, spectrographs, spectrography.