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
- 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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