stoppages

English

Noun

stoppages

  1. plural of stoppage
  2. (Britain) Salary deductions.
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 4
      The cashier finished counting off the money; the boy dragged the whole down the counter to Mr. Winterbottom, to whom the stoppages for rent and tools must be paid.
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