1an instance of movement, activity, or supply stopping or being stopped:a power stoppage
a cessation of work by employees in protest at the terms set by their employers.
Boxing a knockout.
2a blockage in a narrow passage, such as the barrel of a gun:one machine-gun crew had a stoppage
3 (stoppages) British deductions from one’s wages by an employer for the payment of tax, National Insurance, and other costs:£6.40 an hour before stoppages
stoppage in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of stoppage in the US English dictionary
