furlough

[fur·lough]

Furlough started as a word for time off from military duty. It spread from there to other types of time off, including an employer furloughing (or laying off) employees.

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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.

Noun
a temporary leave of absence from military duty

Verb
grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"

Verb
dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"


a.
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.

v. t.
To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.


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'94rlof, 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.

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.

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.

To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.

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