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# furloughed

verb (furlough, furloughs, furloughed, furloughing); adjective (furloughed); noun (a furlough, furloughs)

«furloughed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (euphemism, work) sent home from work for a time without pay or with reduced pay, because the employer has no work or money; it may lead to losing the job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#m1)
2. (military, old) given a leave of absence: «a soldier on furlough». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#m2)

### In the lessons

Business and government word that sounds temporary and gentle compared with «laid off»; very common in news during economic crises. Official, US and UK. The military sense is old-fashioned.

### Examples

- Dad was furloughed when the factory shut for three months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x1)
- Thousands of workers were furloughed during the crisis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x2)
- Being furloughed means you don't work for a while but you might go back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x3)
- The government paid part of the wages of furloughed staff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x4)
- Mum's café furloughed all its waiters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x5)
- The soldier came home on furlough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x6)
- Some furloughed workers never got their jobs back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x7)
- If a worker earns 400 pounds a week and is furloughed on 80 percent pay, he gets 320 pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/#x8)

### Note

Trap: it sounds temporary, but it can end in losing the job. Plain words: sent home from work, temporarily laid off. In maths, check what percentage of pay is kept.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «furloughed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furloughed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«furloughed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/furloughed.html) on Mova free.