Question of the Day #200

"Anxiety for U.S. federal workers facing government shutdown furloughs"
From the headline of this article at Reuters.

上記の文で、furlough の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "furlough" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


〈米〉〔仕事の〕一時帰休、レイオフ、自宅待機、一時解雇

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a leave of absence from duty granted especially to a soldier

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

１６２０年代、オランダ語のverlof（「許可」の意）から。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

1620s, vorloffe, from Dutch verlof, literally "permission,"

Examples

• Each employee will have a one-day furlough every month.
• the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months
• With more than 2/3 of CIA civilians on furlough, a number of worst-case situations became far more likely.
• These are employees already being effected by furlough brought under the sequester.
• The Food Safety and Inspection Service says it will be forced to furlough employees if cuts are enacted.