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- dole⇄dole (1), noun, verb, doled,doling.
- dole⇄dole (2), noun.
(Archaic.) sorrow; grief.
Ex. She died. So that day there was dole in Astolat (Tennyson). - dole⇄expr. on (the) dole, in receipt of relief money from the government.
Ex. Of Perry County's 36,000 people, 14,000 exist on dole (Time). - dole⇄noun 1. a portion of money or food given in charity.
Ex. a full measure of bread, wine and olives being his dole (Cardinal Newman).
(SYN) alms.
2. a small portion.
3. relief money given by a government to unemployed workers. - dole⇄v.t. 1. to deal out in portions to the poor; distribute in charity.
2. to give in small portions.
Ex. Mother doled out one piece of candy a day to each child.