furloughnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɜː.ləʊ/us/ˈfɝː.loʊ/USa period of time that a worker or a soldier is allowed to be absent, especially to return temporarily to their own town or country
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Time off
- absentee
- Boxing Day
- break
- career break
- comp time
- compassionate leave
- holiday
- legal holiday
- parental leave
- paternity leave
- public holiday
- R and R
- recess
- retreat
- skive
- take sth off
- tea break
- time off in lieu
- toil
- weekend
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furloughverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfɜː.ləʊ/us/ˈfɝː.loʊ/USto allow or force someone to be absent temporarily from work:
After safety concerns, the company furloughed all 4,000 of its employees.
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Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- lay sb off
- pension
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sack
- sacking
- shakeout
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