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fur·lough

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–noun

1.	Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.

2.	a usually temporary layoff from work: Many plant workers have been forced to go on furlough.

3.	a temporary leave of absence authorized for a prisoner from a penitentiary.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to grant a furlough to.

5.	to lay (an employee or worker) off from work, usually temporarily.

[Origin: 1615–25; var. of earlier furlogh, furloff < D verlof leave, permission; current pronunciation by assoc. with dough, etc.

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fur·lough Audio Help (fûr'lō) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces.
2. A usually temporary layoff from work.
3. A leave of absence from prison granted to a prisoner.
The papers or documents authorizing a leave: The soldiers had their furloughs in their breast pockets.

tr.v. fur·loughed, fur·lough·ing, fur·loughs

To grant a leave to.
To lay off (workers).

[Alteration of vorloffe, furlogh, from Dutch verlof, from Middle Dutch; see leubh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
furlough

1625, from Du. verlof, lit. "permission," from M.Du. ver- "completely, for" + laf "permission," which is related to the second element in believe and to leave (n.). The -gh spelling developed by 1770s and represents an "f" that was once pronounced at the end of the word.

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furlough
noun
1.	a temporary leave of absence from military duty
verb
1.	dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
2.	grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Furlough

Fur"lough\, n. [Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin to E. for + the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw. f["o]rlof, G. verlaub permission. See Life, a.] (Mil.) Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Furlough

Fur"lough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furloughing.] (Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.

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