Synonyms for furlough

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fur-loh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr loʊ

Définition of furlough

Origin : 1620s, vorloffe, from Dutch verlof, literally "permission," from Middle Dutch ver- "completely, for" + laf, lof "permission," which is related to the second element in believe and to leave (n.).
The -gh spelling developed by 1770s and represents an "f" that was once pronounced at the end of the word but disappeared fairly soon thereafter in English.

noun leave of absence

Example sentences :

I will see to it, in the morning, that you have a furlough for a month.
Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford

He got a furlough from his general, and came home in disguise.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various

You'll give a body a furlough, by the way of blowing off the fuddle he has on hand?
Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams

They had let him out on furlough, well knowing that they could trust his word.
Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various

And Russia evacuated Masampo, while Pavloff was told that he might take a furlough.
Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.

It is supposed that I am on a visit to —, and that you are on furlough for a few days.
Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat

At Christmas I obtained a furlough to visit my people at Penryn.
Extract from : « A Soldier's Life » by Edwin G. Rundle

Armed with a medical certificate, he applied for and received a furlough.
Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane

Major Whittington, I have not had a furlough since we landed in France.
Extract from : « The Greater Love » by George T. McCarthy

I also hand you his furlough, which he said he did not have, in his first statement.
Extract from : « Between the Lines » by Henry Bascom Smith

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