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furlough
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun furlough has 1 sense
- furlough(n = noun.time) Array - a temporary leave of absence from military duty; Array is a kind of leave, leave of absence
Derived form verb furlough2
Verb furlough has 2 senses
- furlough(v = verb.social) lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" is one way to can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
- furlough(v = verb.communication) Array - grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children" is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun furlough1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
furlough, n. [Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin to E. for + the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw. förlof, G. verlaub permission. See Life, a. ].
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. [1913 Webster]
furlough, v. t.
To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an officer or soldier.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
furlough, n. & v.
--n. leave of absence, esp. granted to a member of the services or to a missionary.
--v. US 1 tr. grant furlough to.
2 intr. spend furlough.
--n. leave of absence, esp. granted to a member of the services or to a missionary.
--v. US 1 tr. grant furlough to.
2 intr. spend furlough.
Etymology
Du. verlof after G Verlaub (as FOR-, LEAVE(2))
THESAURUS
furlough
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, degrade, demote, departure, deplume, depose, deprive, disappearance, disbar, discharge, disemploy, dismiss, displace, displume, drum out, escape, excused absence, expel, fire, fleeing, give the ax, give the gate, holiday, hooky, inoccupation, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, layoff, leave, leave of absence, leaving, let go, let out, liberty, make redundant, nonappearance, nonattendance, normal unemployment, paid holiday, paid vacation, pension off, read out of, release, remove, replace, retire, running away, sabbatical, sabbatical leave, sabbatical year, sack, seasonal unemployment, separate forcibly, shore leave, sick leave, strip, superannuate, surplus, suspend, technological unemployment, time off, truancy, truantism, turn off, turn out, unemployment, unemployment insurance, unexcused absence, unfrock, vacation, weekendROGET THESAURUS
furlough
Permission
N permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.
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