furlough

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (US, countable, uncountable) A leave of absence or vacation.
2. (British, countable, uncountable) A leave of absence or vacation.
3. (countable, uncountable) The documents authorizing such leave.
4. (countable, uncountable) A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.

Verb

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.

Conceptos

despedir

licencia

permiso

permiso de salida

salida autorizada

sabático

sabático obligatorio no pagado

auciencia no pagada

Sinónimos

leave

leave of absence

vacation

holiday

lay off

temporary layoff

time off

day off

give a leave of absence

licence

pass

passport

permit

Traducciones

verlof

permission

Urlaub

congé

vrijaf

licenza

licença

mandare in licenza

permesso

مأذوني

Ferien

Beurlaubung

άδεια απουσίας

اجاز

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈfɜː(ɹ).ləʊ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con alemán: Verlaub

Cognado con danés: forlov

In summary

From Dutch verlof (“furlough”), probably from Middle Low German verlōf (“furlough, permission”) (possibly via German Verlaub), from the verb verlōven (“to allow”), from Old Saxon far- + levian (“to give over, leave”).
From Middle Low German also German Verlaub, Danish forlov. Doublet of leave.