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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Furlough

/fẽrl'-ō/ · Fur·lough · IPA /ˈfɝ.loʊ/
01 n. Leave of absence; especially, leave given to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document grantin…
  1. 1.
    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.(Mil.)
02 v. t. To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an officer or soldier.
imp. & p. p. Furloughed; p. pr. & vb. n. Furloughing
  1. 1.
    To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an officer or soldier.(Mil.)