dole

Εννοια (English)

Verb

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

Noun

1. Money or other goods given as charity.
2. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
3. (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
4. A boundary; a landmark.
5. A void space left in tillage.

Noun

1. A sorrow or grief; dolour.
2. Dolus.

Synonyms

handout

relief

unemployment benefit

pogey

pogy

charity

contribution

destiny

fate

grant

lamentation

mete

mourning

share

sorrow

succor

support

weeping

woe

public charity

unemployment compensation

grief

relief fund

aid

relief payment

allowance

alms

assist

benefit

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/dəʊl/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: dol

Inherited from Παλαιά Αγγλικά: dāl

Cognate with Εκκλησιαστικά Σλαβικά: дѣлити

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: doell

Cognate with Γαλλικά: deuil

In summary

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal.