stopover

[ stop-oh-ver ]
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noun
  1. a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.

  2. such a stop made with the privilege of proceeding later on the ticket originally issued.

Origin of stopover

1
First recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase stop over

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British Dictionary definitions for stopover

stopover

/ (ˈstɒpˌəʊvə) /


noun
  1. a stopping place on a journey

verbstop over
  1. (intr, adverb) to make a stopover

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