furlough has definitions from the fields of military,work
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[ verb ] (work) dismiss, usually for economic reasons

Synonyms

lay_off

Examples

"She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore]...)

The spokesman said the number to be furloughed cannot be estimated since the lay-offs must be carried_out in each area depending_on what men are most needed on_the_job .

Related terms

fire layoff

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[ noun ] (military,work) a temporary leave of absence from military duty

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

My memory has catalogued for easy reference and withdrawal the image of her pink , scented stationery and the unsloped , almost printed configurations of her neat , studious handwriting with which she invited me to recall our summer , so many sentences beginning with `` Remember when '' ; and_others concerning camp friends who resided in her suburban neighborhood , and news of her commencing again her piano_lessons , her private_school , a visit to Boston to see her grandparents and an uncle who was a surgeon returned on furlough , wounded , from the war in Europe .

Related terms

leave

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22276
4
[ verb ] grant a leave to

Examples

"The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"

Related terms

permit

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