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ALL meanings of dole

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  • noun dole Benefit paid by the government to the unemployed. 1
  • noun dole Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96. 1
  • noun dole Sanford Ballard, 1844–1926, U.S. politician and jurist in Hawaii: president of Republic of Hawaii 1894–98; first territorial governor 1900–03. 1
  • verb with object dole to distribute in charity. 1
  • verb with object dole to give out sparingly or in small quantities (usually followed by out): The last of the water was doled out to the thirsty crew. 1
  • idioms dole on the dole, receiving payment from the government, as relief: They couldn't afford any luxuries while living on the dole. 1
  • transitive verb dole distribute, hand out 1
  • noun dole unemployment benefit 1
  • noun dole Money or other goods given as charity. 0
  • noun dole Distribution; dealing; apportionment. 0
  • noun dole (Informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed. 0
  • noun dole A boundary; a landmark. 0
  • noun dole (Britain, dialect) A void space left in tillage. 0
  • noun dole (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour. 0
  • noun dole (law, Scotland) dolus. 0
  • verb dole To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. 0
  • uncountable noun dole The dole or dole is money that is given regularly by the government to people who are unemployed. 0
  • noun dole a small portion or share, as of money or food, given to a poor person 0
  • noun dole the act of giving or distributing such portions 0
  • noun dole fate 0
  • verb dole to distribute, esp in small portions 0
  • noun dole grief or mourning 0
  • noun dole a giving out of money or food to those in great need; relief 0
  • noun dole that which is thus given out 0
  • noun dole anything given out sparingly 0
  • noun dole a form of payment by a government to the unemployed, as in England 0
  • noun dole one's destiny or lot 0
  • verb transitive dole to give sparingly or as a dole 0
  • noun dole sorrow; dolor 0
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