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   Dole

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   noun

   • 1. benefit paid by the government to the unemployed: informal British "they are receiving the dole" Similar unemployment benefitstate benefitgovernment benefitbenefitbenefit paymentssocial securitysocial security paymentspublic assistance allowanceallowancewelfareinsurance moneygrantfinancial assistancethe buroothe broo
   • ▪ a charitable gift of food, clothes, or money: dated "the customary dole was a tumblerful of rice"
   • 2. a person's lot or destiny: literary "death be his dole who worst maintains the strife"

   verb

   • 1. distribute shares of something: "the scanty portions of food doled out to them"

   Word Origin Old Englishdāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to deal1. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th century.

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   What does Dole mean?

   • The dole or dole is money that is given regularly by the government to people who are unemployed . 2. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins! Collins! 1. 2. 3. See the dole 4. See on the dole Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary.

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   What is a Dole in college?

   • Thedole or dole is money that is given regularly by the government to people who are unemployed. 2. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Archaic 6. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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   What does dole out mean?

   • The officers appointed to dole out public charity. The bread and meat doled out to the poor of Westminster. 2. To give out in small quantities; to portion or parcel out in a sparing or miserly manner. This Comfort..she doled out to him in daily Portions. They accordingly doled out supplies to him very sparingly.

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   Where did the word 'on the Dole' come from?

   • The common saying 'on the dole' can be traced back to the first World War according to most online language resources, Before this the word 'dole' entered the English language somewhere around the 1400s to refer to any charity, often food or financial aid that was given to the poor (whether by the state or church).

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   4 days ago · dole in American English. (doul) (verb doled, doling) noun. 1. a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., esp. as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance. 2. a dealing out or distributing, esp. in charity. 3. a form of payment to the unemployed instituted by the British government in 1918.

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   noun. UK uk / dəʊl /. the dole. Add to word list. Add to word list. money that the government gives someone when they are unemployed: He's been on the dole for years. (Definition of dole from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   1. The distribution by the government of relief payments to the unemployed. 2. A share of money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given: increasing the monthly dole given to poor families. 3. Archaic One's fate. tr.v. doled, dol·ing, doles. To give out, especially in portions or shares; allot or distribute.

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   dole verb 1. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Meaning & use. Quotations. 1. transitive. To give as a dole; to distribute by way of… 2. To give out in small quantities; to portion or parcel out… 3. † To deal about, around, to distribute. Obsolete. 1. 1465–. transitive.

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   Dole definition, a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance. See more. Dictionary.com

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