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Furlough

 : 
Noun, Verb (transitive)
 : 
fur=lough

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Furlough has 1 sense

Verb Furlough has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Furloughn. [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]
Furloughv. 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.

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, weekend

ROGET 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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