Q.1109

What word meaning "a temporary vacation" links the following two cases:
* Sanjay Dutt, the imprisoned Indian actor, for fourteen days in October 2013
* Many employees of the United States Federal Government in October 2013
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The word used to describe both Dutt's leave from his sentence and US Federal employees' enforced absence from work due to the 2013 shutdown is "furlough".

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