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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Dole
Robert Joseph 1923- American politician
biographical name Sanford Ballard 1844-1926 American jurist; president (1894-1900) & governor (1900-03) of Hawaii dole
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Old English dāl portion — more at deal DATE before 12th century 1. archaic : one's allotted share, portion, or destiny 2. a. (1) a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy (2) a grant of government funds to the unemployed b. something distributed at intervals to the needy; also : handout 1 c. something portioned out bit by bit
transitive verb (doled ; dol·ing) DATE 15th century : to give or distribute as a charity — usually used with out
noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English dol, from Anglo-French duel, dol,from Late Latin dolus, alteration of Latin dolor DATE 13th century archaic : grief , sorrow English Etymology 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. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 dole dole / dEul; NAmE doul / noun[sing.] (usually the dole) (BrE, informal) money paid by the state to unemployed people 失业救济金: He's been on the dole (= without a job) for a year. 他领失业救济金已一年了。 The government is changing the rules for claiming dole. 政府正在修改申领失业救济金的规定。 lengthening dole queues 排队领取失业救济金人数的不断增多 We could all be in the dole queue on Monday (= have lost our jobs). 我们都可能在星期一站在领取失业救济金的队伍里。 verb PHRASAL VERBS ▪ 7dole sth ↔ 'out (to sb) to give out an amount of food, money, etc. to a number of people in a group 发放,发给(食物、钱等)；施舍 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English dole noun VERB + DOLE claim, go on, sign on She lost her job and had to claim dole. As soon as he was made redundant, he signed on the dole. | draw, get The factory closure will mean another few hundred people drawing the dole. DOLE + NOUN money | queue School leavers were joining the dole queue every day. | office PREP. off the ~ Many had come off the dole and set up their own small businesses. | on the ~ She was on the dole for three years before she got a job. OLT dole noun ⇨ on the dole ⇨ unemployed adj. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged dole I. \ˈdōl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dāl division, separation, share, lot; akin to Old English dǣl part, share, lot — more at deal 1. a. archaic : one's allotted share or portion < hath not our great Queen my dole of beauty trebled — Alfred Tennyson > b. archaic : one's lot in life : one's destiny or fate < happy man be his dole, say I; every man to his business — Shakespeare > c. dialect England : an allotment of land in a common 2. a. (1) : a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy < the weekly dole at a parish charity station > (2) : a direct distribution of government funds made at regular intervals to the unemployed : unemployment insurance < all his family was on the dole — Margaret Kennedy > < it was as well to starve or live on the dole in the Old World as the New — Oscar Handlin > b. : something distributed at intervals as charity : a ration for the needy < people able and willing to work forced to accept doles > c. : something portioned out and distributed in driblets or pittances d. obsolete : a blow or some dire treatment administered < dealing dole among his foes — John Milton > e. : a gratuitous bestowal; specifically : a distribution of sustaining or subsidizing contributions < the country's industrial recovery is an illusion; it is living on an American dole > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English dolen, from dole, n. 1. : to give or distribute as a charity — used with out < he gathered all the blankets, pillows, pieces of clothing, and other supplies … and doled them out to the distraught, homeless natives of the island — Clay Blair > 2. : to give or deliver in small portions (as in driblets) guardedly or calculatingly : parcel — used with out < puts all my money in the bank and just doles out a few dollars to me once in a while — Lucy M. Montgomery > 3. : to give or deliver in equal portions or according to a prescribed allotment — used with out < stopped his scribbling long enough to dole out sheets and mattress covers, shelter half and blankets, pack and all the rest of it — James Jones > Synonyms: see distribute III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English dol, doel, del, from Old French, from Late Latin dolus pain, grief, alteration (influenced by Latin dolus fraud, deceit) of Latin dolor — more at tale , dolor 1. a. : grief , sorrow < deep questioning, which probes to endless dole — George Meredith > b. : bad luck : misfortune 2. obsolete : mourning clothes Synonyms: see sorrow IV. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English dolen, from Middle French doloir, from Latin dolēre to feel pain, grieve — more at condole : lament , mourn V. noun (-s) Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch doel trench used as a landmark; in sense 2, probably from Frisian doel goal, from Old Frisian dōl; both akin to Old High German tuolla small valley, Old Norse dœll inhabitant of a valley, Old English dæl valley — more at dale 1. now dialect Britain : a landmark or boundary marker 2. now dialect Britain, in some children's games : goal VI. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French dol, from Latin dolus fraud, deceit — more at tale 1. obsolete : trickery 2. Scots law : criminal intent : malice |
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