Look up: dole

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   dole
   [n] - a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given 2. [n] - (Great Britain) money received from the state
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   Dole
   Dole (dōl) noun [ Middle English deol , doel , dol , Old French doel , from doloir to suffer, from Latin dolere ; perhaps akin to dolare to hew.] grief; sorrow; lamentation. [ Archaic] « And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat.» Tennyson.
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   Dole
   Dole noun [ Latin dolus : confer French dol .] (Scots Law) See Dolus .
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   Dole
   Dole noun [ Anglo-Saxon dāl portion; same word as d...l . See Deal .] 1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment. « At her general dole , Each receives his ancient soul.» Cleveland. 2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance. 3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion. « ...
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   Dole
   Dole (dōl) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Doled (dōld); present participle & verbal noun Doling .] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. « The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him.� ...
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   dole
   pogy noun money received from the state
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   dole
   noun a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
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   Dole
   `Dole` can refer to: * Dole, a commune in the Jura `département` in France * La Dôle, a mountain in Switzerland * Dole Food Company * The dole, a British English term for state-subsidized living wages, equivalent to American English `welfare.` * The dole was a governmental policy in Ancient Rome which provided a fixed amount of grain (or bread) to a substantial portion of male Roman citizens, initially at a low fixed cost and later for free. * A...
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   Dole
   • (n.) See Dolus. • (n.) Distribution; dealing; apportionment. • (n.) grief; sorrow; lamentation. • (v. t.) To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. • (n.) A boundary; a landmark. • (n.) A void space left in tillage. • (n.) Alms; charitable gratuity or portion. &...
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    Dole
    town, Jura département, Franche-Comté région, eastern France. The town lies along the Doubs River and the Rhine-Rhône Canal, southeast of Dijon. It ...
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    dole
    dole, distribution to the poor, usually of food or money. In medieval times doles were usually from bequests of money or land, and the income was given to charity or distributed to the local poor at funerals. John Leake in 1792 left £1,000 to Trinity Church, New York City, the income of which ...
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