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furloughed

furloughed is the simple past and past participle of furlough.

Meaning of furlough

Verb

furlough (third-person singular simple present furloughs, present participle furloughing, simple past and past participle furloughed)

  1. (transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
  2. (transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
    • This implies, for example, that firms should not revise their estimated production capacity downwards when furloughing workers, but should do so after laying off staff permanently.2025 January, Niklas Amberg, Richard Friberg, Chad Syverson, “Have We Got News For You: Firm-Level Evidence on the Optimal Choice of Expected Capacity Utilization”, in NBER Working Papers, number...

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Words formed from furloughed

Questions about furloughed

What is furloughed the simple past and past participle of?
Furloughed is the simple past and past participle of furlough.

Words near furloughed in the dictionary

  1. furlings
  2. furlong
  3. Furlonger
  4. furlongs
  5. furlough
  6. furloughed
  7. furlougher
  8. furloughers
  9. furloughing
  10. furloughs
  11. furlow

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