a situation in which someone is not supplying or not paying something nouna situation in which someone is not supplying or not paying somethingUsageaccount on stopan account which is not supplied because it has not paid its latest invoices ExampleWe put their account on stop and sued them for the money they owed.Usageto put a stop on a chequeto tell the bank not to pay a cheque which you have writtenverbUsageto stop an accountnot to supply an account any more on credit because bills have not been paidUsageto stop paymentsnot to make any further paymentsUsageto stop someone's wagesto take money out of someone's wages ExampleWe stopped £25 from his pay because he was late.