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Synonyms and Antonyms of furlough

the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily
  • the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months
Synonyms of furlough

ax (or axe), discharge, dismissal, layoff, redundancy [chiefly British]
Words Related to furlough

pink slip

bird [chiefly British], boot, bum's rush, downsizing, firing, heave-ho, sack

closing, shutdown

shakeout, shake-up
Near Antonyms of furlough

callback, recall, reemployment, rehire, rehiring

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