furlough

furlough has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. 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.
• v. t.. To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
• n.. a temporary leave of absence from military duty
• v.. grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
• v.. dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"