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US
/ˈfɝɫoʊ/
]
[ UK /fˈɜːləʊ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɜːləʊ/ ]
VERB
-
dismiss, usually for economic reasons
She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized -
grant a leave to
The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children
NOUN
- a temporary leave of absence from military duty
How To Use furlough In A Sentence
- It has also promised better treatment of sick soldiers, and has vowed to expand the programme of 15-day furloughs introduced last month - despite the failure of about 30 soldiers to catch their flights back to Iraq.
- 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). Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I
- Faculty are "furloughed," although the term carries new meaning, since teaching, research, and service responsibilities have not been reduced. The University Is Not a Factory : On the Crisis in the Humanities
- A week of furlough and a week of vacation (I call it "furcation") are complete, and I'm diving back into work. Undefined
- 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
- Faculty are "furloughed," although the term carries new meaning, since teaching, research, and service responsibilities have not been reduced. The University Is Not a Factory : On the Crisis in the Humanities
- Once, the term furlough conjured an image of a sailor on the town or a model prisoner rewarded with a visit home. CourierPostOnline.com - News
- Even the furloughed convicts who boil down pine trees into turpentine in my vast forest have been receiving an extra pullet or two in their monthly rations.
- Teachers will not lose their job until the end of the school year, but already adjunct professors have been dismissed from the university system and a furlough system is in the works for others. Matthew Yglesias » Krugman: Centrists Eliminated 600,000 Worth of Jobs From Stimulus Package
- Alexander received a generous furlough of thirty days. He asked Stepanov for more time. THE BRONZE HORSEMAN