Search:   Dictionary All Posts
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login / Register - It's free!

furlough Definition

Cancel
Login to Create a ListRegister for Free!
furlough
noun(fur-lough)
a leave of absence granted to a governmental or institutional employee (such as a soldier or civil servant); also : a document authorizing such a leave of absence
furlough
noun(fur-lough)
a temporary leave from work that is not paid and is often for a set period of time
furlough
noun(fur-lough)
a set period of time when a prisoner is allowed to leave a prison
furlough
verb(fur-lough)
to grant a leave of absence or furlough to (someone)
furlough
verb(fur-lough)
to put (a worker) on furlough : to lay off (a worker) for usually a brief or temporary period
furlough
idiom(fur-lough)
with permission to be away or required to be away for a period of time from the place where one is stationed or working : experiencing such a time away

Words Related to furlough!

lay off, seniority, retirement, leave, tenure, permission, senior, say-so, workweek, retrenchment, severance, budget, salary, payroll, probation, wage freeze, hiring freeze, vacation, reassignment, pension, overtime, active duty, curtailment, layoffs, commute, biennium, collective bargaining, nonproduction, sabbaticals, workdays, cuts, cutbacks, paychecks, layoff, intersession, reductions, shutdown, rehires, employees, flextime, excessing, trash pickup, per diem, busing, union, proration, telecommute, staffing, bargaining unit, walkout, closings, flexitime, nonunion, garbage pickup, absences, holdback, chopping block, standdown, parole, closures, retirements, apers, job action, parttime, csus, industrial action, telecommuting, lockout, redundancies, lemman, tuition, downsizing, sick pay, exigency, midyear, strike, retirees, midnights, corrections, employes, buyouts, teachers, wages, cagit, machinists, supervisors, dishonorable discharge, potline, superintendents, millage, reorganization, cutback, bargaining, semesters, serb, work to rule, holidays, sabbatical, appropriations, paraprofessional,

furlough Examples by Brain Bank Users