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furloughs

furloughs is the plural of furlough.

furloughs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of furlough.

Meaning of furlough

Noun

furlough (countable and uncountable, plural furloughs)

  1. (US) Especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
    • And I had a lot of things on my mind and I pretty well forgot my promise to Mama until I got shipped home on a special furlough for her funeral.1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, published 1965
  2. (UK) Especially one granted to a missionary.
  3. The documents authorizing such leave.
  4. A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
    • The state estimates the one-day-a-month furlough spread over the 18 months of the plan would amount to a 5 percent cut in pay.2008 November 7, Jon Ortiz, “State workers rip Schwarzenegger's job furlough plan”, in The Sacramento Bee

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Proper noun capitalized: Furloughs

Furloughs

  1. (plural) plural of Furlough

Questions about furloughs

What is furloughs the plural of?
Furloughs is the plural of furlough.
What part of speech is furloughs?
Furloughs is a proper noun.

Words near furloughs in the dictionary

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

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