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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#m1)

2) A furlough is leave from duty for a soldier, or a short permitted absence from prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#x1)
- She was on furlough for three months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#x2)
- The soldier went home on furlough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#x3)
- Many workers were on furlough and earned 80 per cent of their pay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#x4)
- The company furloughed half its staff. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#x5)
- He went back to work after his furlough ended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#x6)
- A certain soldier was allowed to go home on furlough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «furlough» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furlough/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.