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]

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