Dole

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Charitable dispensation of goods, especially money, food, or clothing.
  • n. A share of money, food, or clothing that has been charitably given.
  • n. Chiefly British The distribution by the government of relief payments to the unemployed; welfare.
  • n. Archaic One's fate.
  • v. To dispense as charity.
  • v. To give out in small portions; distribute sparingly. See Synonyms at distribute.
  • idiom. on the dole Receiving regular relief payments from or as if from the government.
  • n. Archaic Sorrow; grief; dolor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
  • n. Money or other goods given as charity.
  • n. Payment by the state to the unemployed.
  • n. Sorrow or grief; dolour.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. grief; sorrow; lamentation.
  • n. See dolus.
  • n. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
  • n. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.
  • n. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
  • n. A boundary; a landmark.
  • n. A void space left in tillage.
  • v. To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A part apportioned or divided out; portion; share; lot; fortune: same as deal
  • n. In mining, one of the shares or parts into which a parcel of ore is divided for distribution among the various persons to whom it belongs.
  • n. A portion of money, food, or other things distributed in charity; what is given in charity; alms; gratuity.
  • n. The act of dealing out or distributing: as, the power of dole and donative.
  • To give in portions or small quantities, as alms to the poor; apportion; distribute; deal: commonly with out: often implying that what is distributed is limited in quantity or is given grudgingly.
  • n. Grief; sorrow; lamentation; mourning.
  • n. Specifically The moaning of doves.
  • n. In falconry, a flock of turtle-doves.
  • n. In Scots law, malevolent intention; malice.
  • n. A boundary; a landmark.
  • n. The goal in a game.
  • n. A strip of land left unplowed between two plowed portions; a broad balk.
  • n. A part or portion of a meadow in which several persons have shares. See dole-meadow.
  • n. A low flat place.
  • To pare and thin (leather or skins).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. money received from the state
  • n. a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
  • Verb Form
    doled    dolefulness    doles    doless    doling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    public assistance    welfare    social welfare    share    percentage    part    portion   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    dolus   
    Form
    doled    doling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    grief    sorrow    lamentation    distribution    dealing    apportionment    alms    boundary    landmark    share   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cole    Kohl    Nicole    Ole    Pole    Seoul    Sol    atoll    bole    boll   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stipend    pittance    remittance