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What (who) is Furlough - definition
TEMPORARY LEAVE OF EMPLOYEES DUE TO SPECIAL NEEDS OF A COMPANY OR EMPLOYER
Work furlough; Verlof; Coronavirus furlough scheme; Floating status; Furloughed
furlough
n. (esp. AE) on furlough
furlough
(furloughs, furloughing, furloughed)
1.
If workers are given furlough, they are told to stay away from work for a certain period because there is not enough for them to do. (AM)
This could mean a massive furlough of government workers.
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2.
If people who work for a particular organization are furloughed, they are given a furlough. (AM)
We regret to inform you that you are being furloughed indefinitely...
The factories have begun furloughing hundreds of workers.
= lay off
VERB: be V-ed, V n
3.
When soldiers are given furlough, they are given official permission to leave the area where they are based or are fighting, for a certain period. (AM; in BRIT, use leave
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I was at home on furlough.
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Furlough
·vt To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
II. Furlough ·adj 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.
Wikipedia
Furlough
A furlough (; from Dutch: verlof, "leave of absence") is a temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company or employer, which may be due to economic conditions of a specific employer or in society as a whole. These furloughs may be short or long term.
Examples of use of Furlough
1. The furlough affects about 45,000 state employees.
2. Dukakis supported a state furlough program only to be linked later in GOP campaign ads to Willie Horton, who committed a murder while out on furlough.
3. He earns $30,000 a year and gets a winter furlough.
4. The furlough and shutdown are to take place at 12:01 a.m.
5. But with the voluntary furlough, she‘ll at least get one year of free flying passes.