to stop) work
1stop-work meeting — UK US noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► in Australia and New Zealand, a situation in which employees stop working and have a long meeting as a way of expressing disagreement with management over pay, holidays, etc …
2stop|work — «STOP WURK», noun. a device attached to a watch, clock, music box, or other clockwork, to prevent overwinding …
3stop work — index cease, rest (cease from action), strike (refuse to work) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4stop-work meeting — /ˈstɒp wɜk ˌmitɪŋ / (say stop werk .meeting) noun a meeting of employees held during working time to consult with unions or management over conditions of work, etc …
5stop-work — …
6work — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 effort/product of effort ADJECTIVE ▪ hard ▪ It s hard work trying to get him to do a few things for himself. ▪ It doesn t require skill it s a matter of sheer hard work. ▪ arduous, back breakin …
7stop — stop1 W1S1 [stɔp US sta:p] v past tense and past participle stopped present participle stopping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not move)¦ 2¦(not continue)¦ 3¦(pause)¦ 4¦(prevent)¦ 5¦(stay)¦ 6 will/would stop at nothing (to do something) 7 stop short of (doing)… …
8stop — An order to buy or sell at the market when a definite price is reached, either above (on a buy) or below (on a sell) the price that prevailed when the order was given. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. stop stop 1 [stɒp ǁ stɑːp] verb… …
9work — ▪ I. work work 1 [wɜːk ǁ wɜːrk] verb 1. [intransitive] to do a job that you are paid for: • Harry is 78 and still working. • Most of the people I went to school with work in factories. work for • David works for a broadcasting company …
10work — I n. labor 1) to do work (they never do any work) 2) to begin; quit, stop work (they quit work at one o clock) 3) to take on work 4) to undo smb. s work 5) backbreaking, hard; delicate; demanding; dirty, scut; easy, light; exhausting, tiring;… …
