stoppage

Universal Words noun 1 [C] 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 2 [C] (sport) an interruption in the game 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) 3 [C] a situation in which sth does not move forward or is blocked: a stoppage of blood to the heart 4 (stoppages) [pl.] (old-fashioned, BrE, formal) an amount of money that an employer takes from people's wages for tax and other payments