stopnet (stopnet)

An addition to the main net in seine-fishing. Encyc. Brit., IX. 254. stop-order (stop'order), n. In stock - broking, an order given by a person to his broker to sell or buy a specified stock when the price reaches a specified figure. stop-over (stop'ō"vėr), n. and a. See to stop off or over, under stop1, v. i. stoppage (stop'āj), n. [ His majesty,... finding unexpected stoppage, tells you he now looks for a present proceed in his affairs. Court and Times of Charles I., I. 344. 2. A deduction made from pay or allowances to repay advances, etc. - Stoppage in transit or in transitu, in law, the act of a seller of goods who has sent them on their way to the buyer, in reclaiming them before they have come into the actual po e ion or control of the buyer, and terminating or suspending performance of the sale: a right allowed in case of discovering the buyer to be insolvent.