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furlough

noun

1 furlough

A temporary leave of absence from military duty.

Roget 760: permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence etc. (lenity) ... show more

Dutch: verlof, onbetaald verlof

verb

1 furlough

Dismiss, usually for economic reasons.

synonym: lay off.

Dutch: ontslaan, de zak geven

2 furlough

Grant a leave to.


Moby thesaurus: AWOL, French leave, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, cashier, cut, cyclical unemployment, day off, default, defrock ... show more.

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