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furlough

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Time Off Without Pay
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CA State Furlough Special
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fur⋅lough

  [fur-loh]
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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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Time Off Without Pay
If You Were Asked To Volunteer For Unpaid Time Off, What Would You Do?
www.ResponsibilityProject.com
CA State Furlough Special
Special Offers to CA State Workers for a Getaway in Reno & Lake Tahoe
www.CaliforniaFurlough.com
fur·lough   (fûr'lō)   
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.

  2. 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

  1. To grant a leave to.

  2. To lay off (workers).


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

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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