FURLOUGH
\fˈɜːlə͡ʊ], \fˈɜːləʊ], \f_ˈɜː_l_əʊ]\
Definitions of FURLOUGH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
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dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
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To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
By Oddity Software
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Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
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To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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