Definition of "furloughing" [furloughing]

• Present participle of furlough. (verb)

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• "Allison Bussler, assistant to County Executive Dan Vrakas, confirmed this afternoon that the idea of furloughing county employees was discussed, but hasn't gone much beyond that."
• "After "furloughing" public workers, which was the equivalent of a 14 percent pay cut, Schwarzenegger's latest gambit is to cut their pay down to the level of the federal minimum wage, which is lower than California's."
• "There is ample proof of this right now in the United States where the Federal government is borrowing money to provide a large stimulative boost even as the individual states invoke counter-stimulative policies, such as furloughing workers, because they are bound by balanced-budget rules."