furlough

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fur⋅lough

[fur-loh]

–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 (fûr'lō)

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

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

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