[じたくたいき, jitakutaiki] (n) (1) standing by at home (e.g. to prevent the spread of illness); (2) being on furlough; being temporarily laid off [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Furlough \Fur"lough\, n. [Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin
to E. for + the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw.
f["o]rlof, G. verlaub permission. See {Life}, a.] (Mil.)
Leave of absence; especially, leave given to an officer or
soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also,
the document granting leave of absence.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Furlough \Fur"lough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furloughed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Furloughing}.] (Mil.)
To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as
to an officer or soldier. Furmonty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furlough
n 1: a temporary leave of absence from military duty
v 1: dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off
together with hundreds of other workers when the company
downsized" [syn: {furlough}, {lay off}]
2: grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the
weekend to visit her children"
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