dole

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UK /dəʊl/ US /dol/

noun 8name 5verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

VERB + DOLE

claim, go on, sign on

After the factory closed, many workers had to go on the dole for several months.

draw, get

After losing his job, he had to get the dole while searching for new work.

DOLE + NOUN

money

queue

Young people have been waiting in the dole queue for months hoping to find work.

office

PREP

off the ~

She finally came off the dole last month after finding a job at the local supermarket.

on the ~

After losing his job, he was on the dole while searching for new employment.

Definitions

verb

To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

noun

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.

Devereux […] was beholden, not only for his fun, but occasionally for his daily bread and even his liberty, to those benovolent^([sic]) doles.

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.

Go not away, thou weary soul: / Heaven has in store a precious dole / Even on Bethsaida's cold and darksome height, [...]

Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.

I get my dole paid twice a week.

I've been on the dole for two years now.

A boundary; a landmark.

Curſed be he which tranſlateth the bounds and dolles of his Neighbor.

A void space left in tillage.

noun

A sorrow or grief; dolour.

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."

But ten slow mornings past, and on the eleventh / Her father laid the letter in her hand, / And closed the hand upon it, and she died. / So that day there was dole in Astolat.

Dolus.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — money received from the state

pogy
pogey

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

dole out

To distribute in apportioned amounts.

The McCains, by contrast, dole out such homespun wisdom as "in Arizona, the only way to get around the state is by small private plane" and understand that in this crazy modern wor

Example Bank

So sure the dole, so ready at their call, / They stood prepar'd to see the manna fall.

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Devereux […] was beholden, not only for his fun, but occasionally for his daily bread and even his liberty, to those benovolent^([sic]) doles.

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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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But ten slow mornings past, and on the eleventh / Her father laid the letter in her hand, / And closed the hand upon it, and she died. / So that day there was dole in Astolat.

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These knights he keepeth there in great dole and misery, for it is said that their groans may be heard by the passers along the high-road below the castle.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, dole is marked as informal, archaic, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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