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