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stoppage

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stop⋅page

[stop-ij]
–noun
1. an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
2. the state of being stopped: During the stoppage of bus service he drove to work.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see stop, -age
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stop·page   (stŏp'ĭj)   
n.  The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped; a halt: called for a work stoppage.
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stoppage
/sto'p*j/ Extreme lossage that renders something (usually something vital) completely unusable. "The recent system stoppage was caused by a fried transformer."
[The Jargon File]
(1995-01-24)

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