Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces.
- noun A usually temporary layoff from work.
- noun A temporary leave of absence granted to a prisoner under special circumstances, such as the need to attend the funeral of a family member, or for a special purpose, such as participation in a work program.
- noun The papers or documents authorizing a leave.
- transitive verb To grant a furlough to.
- transitive verb To terminate the employment of (a worker).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To furnish with a furlough; grant leave of absence to, as a soldier.
- noun Leave of absence; especially, in military use, leave or license given by a commanding officer to an officer or a soldier to be absent from service for a certain time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) Leave of absence; especially, leave given to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
- transitive verb (Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an officer or soldier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
leave of absence orvacation . - verb transitive To grant a furlough to (someone).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grant a leave to
- noun a temporary leave of absence from military duty
- verb dismiss, usually for economic reasons
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It`s just so strange, that the government forgets to add those "without pay" words after they use the word furlough though, isn`t it?
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Once, the term furlough conjured an image of a sailor on the town or a model prisoner rewarded with a visit home.
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The "tax cut for everyone making less than 250K" doesn't amount to a hill of beans if you are un-employed and have no income and for folks like me it doesn't cover the salary lost to furloughs (though furlough is better than the alternative).
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The "tax cut for everyone making less than 250K" doesn't amount to a hill of beans if you are un-employed and have no income and for folks like me it doesn't cover the salary lost to furloughs (though furlough is better than the alternative).
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States, taking a furlough from the grim Arctic battle.
Chapter XII 2010
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A furlough is no kind of solution to the problems that Maryland and other cash-strapped states are facing.
Matthew Yglesias » Guest Post: Furloughed at the University of Maryland 2009
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When the First World War began, Sautter requested a furlough from the World's Committee to work with French soldiers (he maintained close contact with the World's Committee during his absence).
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What about a furlough from the slammer on work release?
Sound Politics: "Operator in crane wreck has history of drug abuse" 2006
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The youngest of four children born to a Jewish pawnbroker and his wife, Maxine Kumin studied history and literature at Radcliffe, where, in 1945, she met Victor Kumin, a Harvard graduate on furlough from the Army.
The Art of Living 2002
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The youngest of four children born to a Jewish pawnbroker and his wife, Maxine Kumin studied history and literature at Radcliffe, where, in 1945, she met Victor Kumin, a Harvard graduate on furlough from the Army.
The Art of Living 2002
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