British English workplace slang for the deductions taken out of your paycheck before you actually see it — think income tax, National Insurance, pension contributions, and anything else HMRC or your employer skims off the top. When workers moan about their take-home pay not matching their salary, stoppages are the culprit. The word has a resigned, working-class flavor to it, implying that money is constantly being stopped from reaching your wallet by forces beyond your control.
He thought he'd landed a decent salary until he saw the stoppages — he was taking home barely two-thirds of the headline figure.
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(UK) Salary deductions.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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