Furlough
['fɜːləʊ] or ['fɝlo]
Definition
(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'.
Edited by Kitty--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Edited by Clifford
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Leave of absence.
Typed by Alice
Definition
n. leave of absence.—v.t. to grant leave of absence.
Edited by Cathryn
Examples
- Blair returned to it, bringing with him the two divisions of veterans who had been on furlough. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Either his furlough was up, or he dreaded to meet any witnesses of his Waterloo flight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Two of McPherson's veteran divisions had re-enlisted on the express provision that they were to have a furlough. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This furlough had not yet expired, and they were not back. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Woodrow