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Verb
/dōl/,
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doles, plural;
  1. Distribute shares of something
    • - the scanty portions of food doled out to them
Noun
  1. Sorrow; mourning

  1. a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
  2. money received from the state
  3. The Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment (Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleyo|) (commonly abbreviated to "DOLE") is the executive department of the Philippine Government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the ...
  4. Đorđe Balašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Балашевић, born May 11, 1953 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a prominent Serbian singer-songwriter.
  5. Dole (pronunciation: , sometimes wrongly pronounced , probably due to the incorrect orthography "Dôle" sometimes encountered) is a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France, of which it is a subprefecture (sous-préfecture).
  6. Dole (Kladanj) is a village in the municipality of Kladanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  7. Dole is a small village in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It lies in the Dudh Kosi River valley just north of Khumjung and south of Machhermo at an altitude of 4038m (it is incorrectly listed as 4200m on many trekking maps).
  8. In the United Kingdom Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), colloquially known as the dole, is a form of unemployment benefit that is paid by the government to people who are unemployed and seeking work. ...
  9. Doles is a surname with several different origins, French, Czech, and Slovenian. As a name of French origin, it may be a habitational name derived from Dole in the Jura. As a name of Czech origin, the name is a variant of Dolejš meaning "lower". ...
  10. money or other goods given as charity; payment by the state to the unemployed; sorrow or grief; dolour; To distribute in small amounts; to share out, small portions of a meagre resource
  11. government payment to people who dont work
  12. (the...) unemployment benefits. The federal government provides a flat rate of financial support to any unemployed person for an indefinite period of time, on the provision the dole receiver is not supported by a working partner (whether married or de facto), and makes regular job applications. ...
  13. n. 1. Welfare or Social Security, as in, ``He hasn't worked for months---been on the dole.''
  14. welfare payment. "On the dole" most frequently refers to receiving unemployment payments.
  15. Welfare (specifically for unemployment)
  16. British term for welfare program.
  17. (1) n. sorrow; (2) n. gift of alms
  18. one’s allotted share or destiny.
  19. Unemployment benefit
  20. distributed object thinking and embedding.
  21. referencing unemployment benefits, as found in the UK. As in "are you on the dole?". Often combined with bludger as in "dole bludger".