blockage
1blockage — block·age n: the condition of a large block of items of property (as shares of stock) that requires special valuation for purposes of estate and gift tax because the value of the items sold as a block differs from their value if sold individually …
2Blockage — Block age, n. The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up. [1913 Webster] …
3blockage — 1827, from BLOCK (Cf. block) + AGE (Cf. age) …
4blockage — ► NOUN ▪ an obstruction which makes movement or flow difficult or impossible …
5blockage — [bläk′ij] n. a blocking or being blocked …
6blockage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete ▪ partial VERB + BLOCKAGE ▪ cause, create ▪ prevent ▪ …
7blockage — UK [ˈblɒkɪdʒ] / US [ˈblɑkɪdʒ] noun [countable] Word forms blockage : singular blockage plural blockages something that blocks a tube or pipe There was a blockage in the drain. He suffered a blockage in a main artery …
8blockage — [[t]blɒ̱kɪʤ[/t]] blockages N COUNT: oft N in/of n A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked. The logical treatment is to remove this blockage. ...a total blockage in one of the coronary… …
9blockage — block|age [ blakıdʒ ] noun count something that blocks a tube or pipe: There was a blockage in the drain. He suffered a blockage in a main artery …
10blockage — Recognition in the field of taxation of fact that in some instances a large block of stock cannot be marketed and turned into cash as readily as a few shares. Citizens Fidelity Bank & Trust Co. v. Reeves, Ky., 259 S.W.2d 432, 433. The discount at …
