Stoppage is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STOPPAGE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the act of stopping
• an instance of movement, activity, or supply stopping or being stopped
• a cessation of work by employees in protest at the terms set by their employers.
• a knockout.
• a blockage in a narrow passage, such as the barrel of a gun
• act of stopping something or the state of being stopped
• The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
• the state of inactivity following an interruption
• an obstruction in a pipe or tube
• the act of stopping something
• deductions from one's wages by an employer for the payment of tax, National Insurance, and other costs

Words related to STOPPAGE

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Words that contain STOPPAGE

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How to use STOPPAGE in a sentence

• We were all brought up standing by the sudden stoppage of the ambulance.
• Perhaps there is no man alive who would not have already put an end to his life, if this end had been of a purely negative character, a sudden stoppage of existence.
• At that capital a stoppage of twelve hours, which is considered indispensable to travellers, occurs.
• Of course they are always coming undone, and causing delay and stoppage of their work.
• One day, when I found a stoppage in the road at the foot of Rydal Mount, from a sale of furniture, such as is common in this neighborhood every spring and autumn, I met Mr.
• The only station of any importance which the railway passed before sunrise, was that of Marghelan, where the stoppage was a short one.
• Successive shocks accompany the stoppage of the train.
• The stoppage for the night was brightened by the appearance of the young man, and his manners were all that could be desired and his French quite serviceable.
• Passing by this group he sent forward the strongest of his light infantry in advance, with orders to find out what the stoppage was.
• To sailing ships the odds were greater, as injury to spars might involve stoppage.
• The strike spread during the next two or three days until there was a pretty general stoppage of industry.
• A lessening of the grade checks the current of water and tends to cause a stoppage of the drain.
• With electricity the line is not a unit, so that the complete stoppage of the whole line is absolutely impossible.
• The stoppage had materially lessened the distance between him and his pursuers, who now amounted to more than a hundred persons, many of whom carried lanterns and links.
• Hearing the stoppage, Austin rushed out, and could scarcely believe his eyes when he beheld Jack Sheppard in the custody of Quilt Arnold and Abraham Mendez.
• In the total stoppage of his thoughts no way of escape or evasion suggested itself.
• He was the spokesman and leader of the strikers, and he was the real cause of the stoppage of the works.
• A total stoppage of all payment to the creditors of the State is possible every moment.
• Those States have suffered by the stoppage of the channels of their commerce, which have not yet found other issues.
• A stoppage of a single minute, a moment of rest, of meditation and reflection, would kill her.
• For the moment there was a stoppage of all feeling but amazement, which invaded her till she seemed to hold nothing else.
• He came down amongst a lot of bracken and fern, and suffered no worse harm than the shock of a sudden stoppage.
• The street was alive with vehicles tearing north and south, with frequent stoppage for the passage of those racing east and west.
• Sharman Crawford had threatened to move the stoppage of supplies.
• There was a crash of rending iron and an instant stoppage of the engines.
• DeCourcy, has now one which did its work most excellently well this past harvest, and without any stoppage.
• Should any fines be imposed or stoppage of pay take place after the list has been despatched, the fact should be communicated to the Postmaster General by telegraph.
• They were taken alongside, and their loads of wood transferred without any stoppage of the engines of the boats.
• The stoppage of the China trade has cut off one abundant source of supply, of which the ladies of Bombay were wise enough to avail themselves.
• The stoppage of the draught would extinguish the fire and the pungent coke-fumes would warn the villains of their danger.
• There is a true stoppage at the central point of articulation, but the breath is allowed to escape through the two side passages or through one of them.
• Even a complete stoppage of trade could not have done the country as much harm as the German exactions in money only.
• It was pointed out that the only instance of complaint had been in November, when a temporary stoppage of the mails had occurred at Cape Town, against which both Mr.
• Jude therefore got leave from the cathedral works at the trifling expense of a stoppage of pay, and went.

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