Crossword clues for furlough
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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,
] (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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, vorloffe, from Dutch verlof, literally "permission," from Middle Dutch ver- "completely, for" + laf, lof "permission," from Proto-Germanic *laubo- (see leave (v.)). The -gh spelling predominated from 1770s and represents the "f" that had been pronounced at the end of the word but disappeared fairly soon thereafter in English.
1783, "grant leave of absence" (to a soldier), from furlough (n.). Of employees, "lay off or suspend temporarily," by 1940. Related: Furloughed; furloughing.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A leave of absence or vacation. 2 # (context US English) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner. 3 # (context British English) especially one granted to a missionary. 4 The documents authorizing such leave. 5 (context US English) A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs. vb. (context transitive English) To grant a furlough to (someone).
WordNet
n. a temporary leave of absence from military duty
v. dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" [syn: lay off]
grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
Wikipedia
In the United States, a furlough (; from , "leave of absence") is a temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company, which may be due to economic conditions at the specific employer or in the economy as a whole. These involuntary furloughs may be short or long term, and many of those affected may seek other temporary employment during that time.
The term may also refer to compassionate leave granted to prisoners.
A furlough in the United States is a temporary layoff.
A furlough may also be
- a temporary leave of absence
- from employment
- leave of absence
- annual leave
- long service leave
- a furlough can also refer to time off based on a company-planned schedule. For example, with a "work 3 weeks, off 1 week" schedule, a company's workforce is divided into four groups. Each group, in turn, takes a week off on furlough while the remainder work.
- from missionary work
- from duty in the armed services
- leave (military)
- from a prison term
- from employment
Usage examples of "furlough".
But under the weekend furlough program lustily promoted by Dukakis, Horton was released from prison.
Horton was released on a 48-hour furlough on June 6, 1986, and he never came back.
Democratic Party knew not to defend the furlough pro-gram the way Dukakis had.
Only through the specific intervention of Dukakis did the furlough program become a way for liberal politicians to do end runs around a life sentence.
Democrats to keep saying the furlough program was originally signed into law by a Republican governor.
But the fair, unbiased, objective media were outraged at the Bush campaign for running ads on the furlough of Willie Horton.
While out on furlough, he viciously beat a man, repeatedly raped a woman, and then killed himself.
But the Bush-Quayle campaign has not depicted race in any way, shape, or form, either as to any culprit from the furlough program, or any victim of such a culprit.
Was he not on a transfer furlough, which is one of the furlough programs of the Federal Bureau of Prisons?
Dukakis inherited the furlough program from a Republican governor or that other states had the same furlough program.
Indeed, he is doubtless an expert on their psychology, though showed commendable modesty in disclaiming any such abilities whatsoever when his furlough was cancelled with orders to report to undersigned.
It was your big bright idea to yank me in off my furlough and hand it to me.
The woman refused to comment, but a relative admitted that Campbell had been a visitor in their home in early 1982 while he was on a furlough from prison.
Campbell had returned from a furlough and said he was in a car that had hit a pole northwest of Monroe.
Mahlke is practicing: men, women, soldiers on furlough, children, singly and in groups, grow toward him over the snow.