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noun

a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.

a dealing out or distributing, especially in charity.

a form of payment to the unemployed instituted by the British government in 1918.

any similar payment by a government to an unemployed person.

Archaic. one's fate or destiny.

verb (used with object)

to distribute in charity.

to give out sparingly or in small quantities (usually followed by out): The last of the water was doled out to the thirsty crew.

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Idiom

on the dole, receiving payment from the government, as relief: They couldn't afford any luxuries while living on the dole.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English dol, Old English gedāl sharing; compare deal¹

Synonyms
1. share, pittance. 7. ration.

Example Sentences

We know the state officials who dole out economic-development money.

In the face of widespread public contempt, banks continue to dole out huge amounts of money to their high fliers.

Scientists on the dole are pressured to produce the benefactor specified line.

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We know the state officials who dole out economic-development money.

In the face of widespread public contempt, banks continue to dole out huge amounts of money to their high fliers.

Scientists on the dole are pressured to produce the benefactor specified line.

However, some attendees who paid full price grumbled about having to dole out more cash for some of the experiences.

God knows what these clowns would be doing otherwise, aside from sucking up the dole.

Shell has chosen to dole out the windfall as fat dividends.

Protecting the biosphere does not mean feeding into a private/public speaker, who always manipulates an out in dole time.

MindPlay also helps dole out fairer comps because it tracks how much cash players drop.

Since his country struck oil, he has had a lot of cash to dole out.

Unfortunately people that pay their own bills are to poor to have insurance and to proud to be on the dole.

We are also going to dole out little bits of the mystery over the course of a long period of time.

Britain also took steps to keep younger people from spending long periods on the dole.

Big pharma knows this and the lobbyists dole out money to politicians to affect laws accordingly.

New vending machines at clinics, hospitals, and eventually corner stores will dole out prescription drugs.

Even more worrying are those in extreme poverty: their lot has become even worse with the end of the everlasting dole.

It also put a lifetime cap of five-years on receiving the dole.

They will feel even less need to ask themselves what would happen if they were on the dole.

Better to share jobs than to have some fully employed and some permanently on the dole.

Dole conducted studies proving that the synthetic drug methadone blocks the cravings of heroin addicts.

You're not allowed to pluck a number out of the air or to dole out hefty paychecks to people because they're your friends.

Governments run out of money for the dole and chaos ensues.

The politicians who lavish funding on nanotech dole out pathetically little to green chemistry.

Some of the campuses have the student government dole out the money for all of the clubs and co-curricular organizations.

Star professors fob their students off with graduate students who dole out inflated grades in order to keep them.

New high-end hotels roll out the red carpet and dole out keys to local lore and culture.

Dole is the best poised because of his position as majority leader and.

In fact, construction is still adding to the dole queues, as projects started before the bust come to an end.

Ahead of the current election they seem to be competing primarily by promising to dole out cash.

Snoopy's tail may be wagging, but it is not yet time to dole out the treats.

For too many immigrants the dole is an acceptable alternative to work.

She learned the family business by watching her father dole out jobs and her mother keep a file of favours owed.

The trouble is, these sorts of threats are empty as long as they impose costs on those who would dole out punishment.

Otherwise, they can only be a permanent ghetto-state, always on the dole and always resentful of outsiders.

One who truly feels such will be forever dependent on aid and dole outs.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun Archaic.

grief or sorrow; lamentation.

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English do(e)l < Anglo-French, Old French < Late Latin dolus, for Latin dolor dolor

noun

Robert J(oseph), born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.

Sanford Ballard, 1844–1926, U.S. politician and jurist in Hawaii: president of Republic of Hawaii 1894–98; first territorial governor 1900–03.

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World English Dictionary

dole¹ (dəʊl)

—n
1.	a small portion or share, as of money or food, given to a poor person
2.	the act of giving or distributing such portions
3.	informal (Brit) the dole money received from the state while out of work
4.	informal (Brit) on the dole receiving such money
5.	archaic fate

—vb (usually foll by out)
6.	to distribute, esp in small portions

[Old English dāl share; related to Old Saxon dēl, Old Norse deild, Gothic dails, Old High German teil; see deal¹]

dole² (dəʊl)

—n
	archaic grief or mourning

[C13: from Old French, from Late Latin dolus, from Latin dolēre to lament]

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Word Origin & History

dole

O.E. dal "sharing, giving out," shortened from gedal "portion," related to dæl "deal," from P.Gmc. *dailiz. Meaning of "charitable portion" (mid-14c.) led to verb "hand out charity" (mid-15c.). On the dole is 1920s. Related: Doled; doling.

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