furlough

furlough

noun

Definition of FURLOUGH

the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily <the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months>

Synonyms ax (or axe), discharge, dismissal, furlough, redundancy [chiefly British]

Related Words pink slip; bird [chiefly British], boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sack; closing, shutdown; shakeout, shake-up

Near Antonyms callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring