stopover

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stopover - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stopover \Stop"o`ver\, Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, a.
     Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket.
     See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.
     [1913 Webster] Stopover

  Stopover \Stop"o`ver\, Stop-over \Stop"-o`ver\, n.
     1. the act or privilege of stopping over; stopping at a
        station or airport beyond the time of the departure of the
        train or airplane on which one came, with the purpose of
        continuing one's journey on a subsequent train or
        airplane; the temporary interruption of one's journey.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     2. a brief visit.
        [PJC]

stopover - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stopover
      n 1: a stopping place on a journey; "there is a stopover to
           change planes in Chicago" [syn: stopover, way station]
      2: a brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a
         stopover to visit their friends" [syn: stop, stopover,
         layover]