Usually means: Temporary leave of absence, unpaid.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word furlough:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. furlough: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. furlough: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. furlough: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. furlough: Collins English Dictionary
  5. furlough: Vocabulary.com
  6. Furlough, furlough: Wordnik
  7. furlough: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Furlough, furlough: Wiktionary
  9. furlough: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. furlough: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. furlough: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Furlough, furlough: Dictionary.com
  13. furlough: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. furlough: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Furlough (film), Furlough: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Furlough: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. furlough: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. furlough: Rhymezone
  19. Furlough: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. furlough: Free Dictionary
  21. furlough: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. furlough: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Furlough: Investopedia
  3. furlough: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. furlough: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. furlough: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A leave of absence or vacation.
noun:  (US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
noun:  (British) especially one granted to a missionary.
noun:  The documents authorizing such leave.
noun:  A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
verb:  (transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
verb:  (transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
noun:  A surname.

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