furlough

«furlough» in Mova's school dictionary: a time when workers are told not to come to work for a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a furlough, furloughs); verb (furlough, furloughs, furloughed, furloughing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A furlough is a time when workers are told not to come to work for a while, often because there is not enough work, and they may get less pay or none. tree →

2) A furlough is leave from duty for a soldier, or a short permitted absence from prison. tree →

sense in the lessons

In news and everyday life it is a gentler word than being let go: the job is kept but paused. It is used as a formal euphemism. Phrases: «on furlough», «be furloughed».

examples

• Dad was furloughed when the factory closed for a while. tree →
• She was on furlough for three months. tree →
• The soldier went home on furlough. tree →
• Many workers were on furlough and earned 80 per cent of their pay. tree →
• The company furloughed half its staff. tree →
• He went back to work after his furlough ended. tree →
• A certain soldier was allowed to go home on furlough. tree →

note

Pronounced FUR-loh (the «gh» is silent). Different from being fired or made redundant: the job usually comes back. Maths: «80 per cent of pay» means multiply pay by 0.8.

In the corpora

• "Furloughed" means sent home from work for a period, often unpaid.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «furlough» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.