furloughed
past simple and past participle offurlough
furlough
verb[T]
uk/ˈfɜː.ləʊ/us/ˈfɝː.loʊ/mainlyUS
to give someonepermissionto beabsentfrom thearmedservices,work, orprisonfor aperiodoftime,especiallytoreturntemporarilytotheirownhome:
Furloughedservicemenmust be givenpreferenceoverciviliantravel.
not going toyourjob, usuallytemporarily, becauseyouremployerdoes not haveworkfor you ormoneytopayyou:
Aftersafetyconcerns, thecompanyfurloughed all 4,000 ofitsemployees.
- He was a furloughedprisonerat thetimehecommittedthecrime.
- She is furloughed fromrehabtoattendher sister'swedding.
- Delta furloughed hundreds ofpilots.
- 2,300workerswereinvoluntarilyfurloughed tohelpthecompanyreachitsgoalofreducingtheworkforceby 20percent.
- As ofJanuary, full-timers at themuseumwill be furloughed 1dayamonth.
Time off
- absenteeism
- administrative leave
- bank holiday
- Boxing Day
- career break
- comp time
- gardening leave
- hartal
- holiday
- hols
- legal holiday
- maternity leave
- non-work
- parental leave
- shore leave
- sick
- sick day
- sick leave
- sickie
- skive
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Not punishing & reducing punishment
Types of employment
Examplesoffurloughed
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Enterprise-run homes are organised and funded by state-owned enterprises and state service units to cater for their retired employees and to provide employment for theirfurloughedstaff.
From theCambridge English Corpus
During the shutdown, most non-essential government employees werefurloughed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the shutdown, many non-essential state government programs were closed, and about 8,900 state employees werefurloughed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Furloughedemployees were not paid their final checks after cessation of operations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Transportation was supposed to be free for allfurloughedsoldiers, and a special ration card was issued to them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Civilian faculty members werefurloughed, and many classes have been canceled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The search had been ongoing, but with the start of the shutdown, 16 park staffers werefurloughed, hampering the response.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The board also eliminated the adult agriculture education program andfurloughedthe coordinator.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the shutdown, most non-exempt government employees werefurloughed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Air traffic controllers will continue to work, but about 3,000 airline safety inspectors werefurloughedand 800 of them were recalled again.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some position were not replacing retirements and some werefurloughed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During a government shutdown,furloughedgovernment employees are prohibited from even checking their e-mail from home.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some processing delays may have occurred because certain staff werefurloughed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Civilian workers werefurloughedand test sites were closed within hours.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sarno was jailed immediately but in an unusual move, wasfurloughedfor several hours the following weekend to get married.
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- superflack
- superfluity
- superfluous
- superfluously
- superfluousness
- superfood
- superfruit
- Superfund
- supergiant
- supergiant star
- Super Glue
- super-glue
- super good
- super-good
- super-government
- super-government
- supergrass
- super-growth
- super-growth
- superhard material
- superhard-material
- superheated
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