English
dole
see also: Dole, DOLE
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /dəʊl/, /dɔʊl/
  • (America) IPA: /doʊl/
Verb

dole (doles, present participle doling; past and past participle doled)

  1. To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
Translations
  • Russian: раздава́ть
Noun

dole

  1. Money or other goods given as charity.
    • So sure the dole, so ready at their call, / They stood prepar'd to see the manna fall.
    • Heaven has in store a precious dole.
  2. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
    • At her general dole, / Each receives his ancient soul.
  3. (informal) 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.
    • 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hG4-QGmD_84C&pg=PA107&dq=%22dole%22+-intitle:%22dole%22+-inauthor:%22dole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_x5CT9uMEeb-mAWCiu2kBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dole%22%20-intitle%3A%22dole%22%20-inauthor%3A%22dole%22&f=false page 107],
      The men sit because they′re worn out from walking to the Labour Exchange every morning to sign for the dole, discussing the world’s problems and wondering what to do with the rest of the day.
    • 1997, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Economic Surveys: Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xz0Y6-pqPFoC&pg=PA67&dq=%22dole%22+-intitle:%22dole%22+-inauthor:%22dole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2QlCT7_gLIX4mAWLtrylBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dole%22%20-intitle%3A%22dole%22%20-inauthor%3A%22dole%22&f=false page 67],
      The FY 1997/98 Commonwealth budget allocated funding of A$ 21.6 million to the Work for the Dole initiative for unemployed young people.
  4. A boundary; a landmark.
  5. (UK, dialect) A void space left in tillage.
Synonyms
  • (payment by the state to the unemployed) pancrack (UK), pogey (Canada)
Translations
  • Russian: ми́лостыня
Translations
  • French: assedics
  • Russian: посо́бие
Noun

dole (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, William Caxton, 1868, Morte Darthur, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vZkWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA212&dq=%22dole%22+-intitle:%22dole%22+-inauthor:%22dole%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gyBCT52qNKGEmQWwx8WgDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dole%22%20-intitle%3A%22dole%22%20-inauthor%3A%22dole%22&f=false page 212],
      Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole.
      But ten slow mornings past, and on the eleventh / Her father laid the letter in her hand, / And closed the hand upon it, and she died. / So that day there was dole in Astolat.
  2. (legal, Scotland) Dolus.
Dole
Pronunciation
  • (America) enPR: dōl, IPA: [doʊ̯ɫ]
Proper noun
  1. Surname
  2. (trademark) Dole Food Company, a U.S. agricultural multinational corporation.
  3. Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar.
DOLE
Proper noun
  1. (Philippines) Acronym of Department of Labor and Employment


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