'Furlough' definitions:
Definition of 'furlough'
(from WordNet)
noun
A temporary leave of absence from military duty
verb
Dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" [syn: furlough, lay off]
verb
Grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
Definition of 'Furlough'
From: GCIDE
- Furlough \Fur"lough\, n. [Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin to E. for + the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw. f["o]rlof, G. verlaub permission. See Life, a.] (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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Furlough'
From: GCIDE
- Furlough \Fur"lough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furloughing.] (Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an officer or soldier. Furmonty
Synonyms of 'furlough'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscondence,
- absence,
- absence without leave,
- absentation,
- absenteeism,
- absenting,
- AWOL,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- cashier,
- cut,
- cyclical unemployment,
- day off,
- default,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demote,
- departure,
- deplume,
- depose,
- deprive,
- disappearance,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- disemploy,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- drum out,
- escape,
- excused absence,
- expel,
- fire,
- fleeing,
- French leave,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- holiday,
- hooky,
- inoccupation,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- lay off,
- layoff,
- leave,
- leave of absence,
- leaving,
- let go,
- let out,
- liberty,
- make redundant,
- nonappearance,
- nonattendance,
- normal unemployment,
- paid holiday,
- paid vacation,
- pension off,
- read out of,
- release,
- remove,
- replace,
- retire,
- running away,
- sabbatical,
- sabbatical leave,
- sabbatical year,
- sack,
- seasonal unemployment,
- separate forcibly,
- shore leave,
- sick leave,
- strip,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- technological unemployment,
- time off,
- truancy,
- truantism,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unemployment,
- unemployment insurance,
- unexcused absence,
- unfrock,
- vacation,
- weekend