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furlough
[ fur-loh ]
noun
- Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.
- a usually temporary layoff from work:
Many plant workers have been forced to go on furlough.
- a temporary leave of absence authorized for a prisoner from a penitentiary.
verb (used with object)
- to grant a furlough to.
- to lay (an employee or worker) off from work, usually temporarily.
furlough
/ ˈfɜːləʊ /
noun
- leave of absence from military duty
- a temporary laying-off of employees, usually because there is insufficient work to occupy them
verb
- to grant a furlough to
- to lay off (staff) temporarily
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Other Words From
- pre·furlough noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of furlough1
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Origin of furlough1
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Example Sentences
Days later, after four years in jail, Tavakoli was freed on furlough.
With more than 2/3 of CIA civilians on furlough, a number of worst-case situations became far more likely.
No one can claim that the harm to national security was unclear while the government was on a forced furlough.
Suddenly she has the power to furlough people, so she uses it.
These are employees already being effected by furlough brought under the sequester.
His father was a civilian in India, and was returning on furlough to England, after a long absence.
A captain in the Austrian army actually sought a furlough, giving as his reason that he desired to kill Napoleon.
But the soldier or the sailor after long years of service gets leave to return to his home on a furlough or a discharge.
It looks now as if a ride in an aëroplane might not be a strange experience in our third furlough.
The furlough, which was to expire on the 15th of August, was afterward extended by Anjou to the 1st of October.
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