furlough
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + levian (“to give over, leave”).
From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. Doublet of leave.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: fur‧lough
- (British) IPA(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ləʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɝ.loʊ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ləʊ
Noun
[edit]furlough (countable and uncountable, plural furloughs)
- A leave of absence or vacation.
- (US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man[1], Dial, published 1965:
- And I had a lot of things on my mind and I pretty well forgot my promise to Mama until I got shipped home on a special furlough for her funeral.
- (British) especially one granted to a missionary.
- (US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
- The documents authorizing such leave.
- A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
- 2008 November 7, Jon Ortiz, “State workers rip Schwarzenegger's job furlough plan”, in The Sacramento Bee[2]:
- The state estimates the one-day-a-month furlough spread over the 18 months of the plan would amount to a 5 percent cut in pay.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:furlough.
Translations
[edit]leave of absence
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documents authorizing leave of absence
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period of unpaid time off used by an employer to reduce costs
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Verb
[edit]furlough (third-person singular simple present furloughs, present participle furloughing, simple past and past participle furloughed)
- (transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
- (transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
Translations
[edit]to grant a furlough
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to bar (an employee) from working
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