stoppage

English

Etymology

From stop +‎ -age.

Noun

stoppage (plural stoppages)

1. A pause or halt of some activity.
   • 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Automated trains in New York”, in Trains Illustrated, page 78:

     The brakes were specially developed by the Westinghouse Air Brake Company to provide smooth stoppages under automatic operation.

   • 1964 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 432:

     A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press.

   Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

2. Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.

Derived terms

• stoppage time

Translations

pause or halt of some activity

• Bulgarian: спиране (bg) n (spirane), прекратяване (bg) n (prekratjavane)
• Catalan: aturada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 停機／停机 (zh) (tíngjī), 停机 (zh) (tíngjī)

• Finnish: seisokki (fi), katkos
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• Manx: stholk m, ^{(please verify)} lhiettalys m, stad m, sthappal m, ^{(please verify)} castey m (of flow), neuhaaley m (of milk flow)
• Russian: остано́вка (ru) f (ostanóvka), просто́й (ru) m (prostój), заде́ржка (ru) f (zadéržka)
• Spanish: parada (es) f, paro (es) m
• Telugu: ఆపుదల (āpudala), నిలుపుదల (nilupudala)

something that forms an obstacle to continued activity

• Bulgarian: задръжка (bg) f (zadrǎžka)
• Catalan: bloqueig (ca) m
• Finnish: este (fi), tukos (fi)
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• Russian: загво́здка (ru) f (zagvózdka)
• Spanish: bloqueo (es) m