Meaning

4 senses

  1. A leave of absence or vacation.

    (US, countable, uncountable)Especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.

    Urlaub, Hafturlaub, Ausgang

    о́тпускótpusk, увольне́ниеuvolʹnénije, побы́вкаpobývka

    зві́льненняzvílʹnennja, відпусткаvidpustka

  2. (UK, countable, uncountable)Especially one granted to a missionary.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The documents authorizing such leave.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.

    unbezahlter Zwangsurlaub, Zwangsurlaub, Kurzarbeit

    неоплачиваемый отпускneoplačivajemyj otpusk

More definitions
  • a temporary leave of absence from military duty

Examples

6 sentences

  1. How was furlough?

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  2. Most government workers are on furlough.

    ruБольшинство государственных служащих сейчас в отпуске.

    deDie meisten Regierungsangestellten sind im Zwangsurlaub.

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  3. The soldier returned home on a furlough.

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  4. The corporal is on furlough.

    deDer Stabsgefreite ist auf Heimaturlaub.

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  5. Across Europe, officials and farmers hope university students and furloughed workers will sign up to support their local farms.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
leave of absence:
Русский
By meaning 3
leave of absence:
documents authorizing leave of absence:
period of unpaid time off used by an employer to reduce costs:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
leave of absence:
period of unpaid time off used by an employer to reduce costs:

Origin

From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permiss

From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + lōvian (“to trust, believe”). From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. Doublet of leave.

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Forms

plural: furloughs
Singularfurlough
Pluralfurloughs

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedprefurlough

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
furB1furiousB2furiouslyB2furnacefurnishB1
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