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Dole
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- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 Acronym of Department of Labor and Employment. Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar. countable, uncountable
- 4 A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. countable, uncountable
- 1 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."
- 2 A sorrow or grief; dolour. archaic, uncountable
"Syr said sir gyngalyn I wote not what knyȝt he was / but wel I wote that he sygheth and maketh grete dole. "Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole.""
- 3 Alternative form of dhole (“Asian wild dog”). alt-of, alternative
- 4 money received from the state wordnet
- 5 Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
"c. 1650s, John Cleveland, Upon Phillis Walking in a Morning before Sun-rising At her general dole, / Each receives his ancient soul."
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- 6 Dolus. Scotland, uncountable
- 7 a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given wordnet
- 8 Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits. informal
"I get my dole paid twice a week."
- 9 A boundary; a landmark.
"Curſed be he which tranſlateth the bounds and dolles of his Neighbor."
- 10 A void space left in tillage. British, dialectal
- 1 To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
Etymology
From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal.
From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal.
From Middle English dole (“grief”), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo.
* As an English surname, from the archaic noun dole (“portion, share”). * As a French surname, from Old French dolé, past participle of doler (“to regret”), from Latin doleo (“to hurt”). * Also as a French surname, Americanized from Daul.
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