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stoppage

 
/ˈstɑp·ɪdʒ/ n [C]

Definition

a time when work is stopped because of a disagreement between workers and employers: After a two-day work stoppage in early July, another strike started in September.
(Definition of stoppage n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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