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A temporary leave of absence from military duty
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furlough
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in 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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1783, "grant leave of absence" (to a soldier), from furlough (n.). Of employees, "lay off or suspend temporarily," by 1940. Related: Furloughed ; furloughing .
WordNet
Word definitions in 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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
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.