A Topical Dictionary: Search for dole

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English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-əʊl|-əʊl

Verb

dole

To distribute in small amounts; to share out, small portions of a meagre resource.

Noun

money or other goods given as charity
In the Context of payment by the state to the unemployed
:I get my dole paid twice a week.
:I’ve been on the dole for two years now.
sorrow or grief; dolour

Translations

Finnish: työttömyyspäiväraha, työttömyysavustus
French: assedics

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Czech

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Cs-dole.ogg

Adverb

dole

down

Category:Czech adverbs

de:dole el:dole fr:dole io:dole hu:dole pl:dole ru:dole te:dole vi:dole tr:dole zh:dole

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dole \Dole\ (d[=o]l), n. [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr.
doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to
hew.]
grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic]
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And she died.
So that day there was dole in Astolat. -- Tennyson.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dole \Dole\, n. [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law)
See Dolus.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dole \Dole\, n. [AS. d[=a]l portion; same word as d[=ae]l. See
Deal.]
1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
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At her general dole,
Each receives his ancient soul. -- Cleveland.
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2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a
scanty share or allowance.
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3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
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So sure the dole, so ready at their call,
They stood prepared to see the manna fall. --Dryden.
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Heaven has in store a precious dole. --Keble.
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4. A boundary; a landmark. --Halliwell.
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5. A void space left in tillage. --[Prov. Eng.]
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Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.]

Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.]

Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a
common right or share.

on the dole, receiving financial assistance from a
governmental agency, such as a welfare agency; as, after
his unemployment benefits ran out, his family was on the
dole for a year.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dole \Dole\ (d[=o]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doled (d[=o]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Doling.]
To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to
deal out scantily or grudgingly.
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The supercilious condescension with which even his
reputed friends doled out their praises to him. --De
Quincey.
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WordNet dole
n 1: a share of money or food or clothing that has been
charitably given
2: money received from the state [syn: pogy, pogey]

Moby Dictionary
accord , ace , adjunct , administer , administration , adversity ,
affliction , afford , aid , alimony , allocate , allocation , allot ,
allotment , allow , allowance , alms , alms fee , anguish , annuity ,
apportion , apportionment , assistance , atom , award , benefit , bestow ,
bestow on , big end , bigger half , bit , bite , bounty , budget , care ,
charity , chunk , collection , commission , communicate , compensation ,
component , confer , contingent , contretemps , contribution ,
cross section , cut , dab , deal , deal out , depletion allowance ,
destiny , detachment , detail , disbursal , disburse , disbursement ,
dish out , dispensation , dispense , disperse , dispersion , disposal ,
dispose , disposition , distribute , distribution , dividend , division ,
dole out , doling , doling out , donate , donation , donative , dot ,
dram , dribble , driblet , dwarf , end , equal share , extend , farthing ,
fate , fellowship , financial assistance , fleck , flyspeck , fork out ,
fraction , fragment , gift , gift with , give , give freely , give out ,
giving out , gobbet , grain , grant , grant-in-aid , granule , gratuity ,
grief , groat , guaranteed annual income , hair , half , half rations ,
halver , hand out , hand-out , handful , handout , heap , heartache ,
heartbreak , help , help to , helping , impart , installment , interest ,
iota , issuance , issue , item , jot , largesse , lavish , let have ,
little , little bit , lot , measure , measure out , meed ,
mere subsistence , mess , mete , mete out , minim , minimum , minutiae ,
mischance , mishap , mite , modicum , moiety , molecule , mote , nutshell ,
offer , offering , offertory , old-age insurance , ounce , parcel ,
parcel out , part , particle , particular , pass around ,
passing around , pay out , paying out , pebble , pecuniary aid ,
pension , percentage , piece , pinch , pittance , point , portion ,
portion out , pour , present , price support , proffer , proportion ,
public assistance , public welfare , quadrant , quantum , quarter ,
quota , rain , rake-off , random sample , ration , regret , relief ,
remainder , render , retirement benefits , rue , sample , sampling ,
scholarship , scrimption , scruple , section , sector , segment , serve ,
share , share out , shell out , short allowance , short commons ,
shower , slice , slip , small share , smidgen , smitch , snow , speck ,
spoon out , spoonful , spot , stake , starvation wages , stipend , stock ,
subdivision , subgroup , subscription , subsidization , subsidy ,
subspecies , subvention , support , tax benefit , tender , thimbleful ,
tiny bit , tithe , tittle , tragedy , trifling amount , trivia ,
votive offering , vouchsafe , welfare , welfare aid , welfare payments ,
whit , woe , yield