[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Military.a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.", "a usually temporary layoff from work:Many plant workers have been forced to go on furlough.", "a temporary leave of absence authorized for a prisoner from a penitentiary."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to grant a furlough to.", "to lay (an employee or worker) off from work, usually temporarily."]}]