Dole

Quick meaning: Dole is a verb meaning To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Money or other goods given as charity.
2. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
3. (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
4. A boundary; a landmark.
5. (British, dialectal) A void space left in tillage.
6. (law, Scotland) Dolus.
7. (archaic) A sorrow or grief; dolour.

Example Sentences

I get my dole paid twice a week.

I've been on the dole for two years now.

From the ice age to the dole age / There is but one concern / I have just discovered

So sure the dole, so ready at their call, / They stood prepar'd to see the manna fall.

Word Forms

• doles
• doling
• doled

Synonyms for dole

Depending on context, synonyms include pancrack, pogey, pogy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pogey, pogy, distribute, allocation, ration, stipend.

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