An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FURLOUGH
furlough
(noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty
furlough
(verb) grant a leave to; “The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children”
furlough, lay off
(verb) dismiss, usually for economic reasons; “She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Furlough (plural Furloughs)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Furlough is the 31754th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 727 individuals. Furlough is most common among White (65.75%) and Black/African American (31.09%) individuals.
Etymology
Noun
furlough (countable and uncountable, plural furloughs)
A leave of absence or vacation.
(US) especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner.
(British) especially one granted to a missionary.
The documents authorizing such leave.
A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.
Verb
furlough (third-person singular simple present furloughs, present participle furloughing, simple past and past participle furloughed)
(transitive) To grant a furlough to (someone).
(transitive) To have (an employee) not work in order to reduce costs; to send (someone) on furlough.
Source: Wiktionary
Fur"lough, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin to E. for + the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw. förlof, G. verlaub permission. See Life, a.] (Mil.)
Definition: Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
Fur"lough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furloughed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Furloughing.] (Mil.)
Definition: To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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