Sekirov Dictionary

dole

UK /dəʊl/US /doʊl/

noun 8
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun8

•
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. — 1690
•
(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
- I get my dole paid twice a week.
- I've been on the dole for two years now.
•
Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
- At her general dole, / Each receives his ancient soul. — 1650
•
Distribution of alms or gifts.
- Go not away, thou weary soul: / Heaven has in store a precious dole / Even on Bethsaida's cold and darksome height, [...] — 1827
(Scotland) Dolus.
•
A boundary; a landmark.
- Cursed be he which translateth the bounds and dolles of his Neighbor. — 1559
(dialect, UK) A void space left in tillage.
•
(no longer used) A sorrow or grief; dolour.
- 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. — 1885

verb2

To distribute alms, etc., in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
To distribute (as, alms) in small amounts; to share out (small portions of a meager resource).

forms

doled · doling · doles

Phrases with dole

dole out
To distribute in apportioned amounts.

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