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furloughing

furloughing is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about furloughing

What is furloughing the present participle and gerund of?
Furloughing is the present participle and gerund of furlough.

Words near furloughing in the dictionary

  1. furlongs
  2. furlough
  3. furloughed
  4. furlougher
  5. furloughers
  6. furloughing
  7. furloughs
  8. furlow
  9. furlows
  10. furls
  11. Furman

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