dole

Meaning

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. (British, dialectal) A void space left in tillage.

Noun

1. (archaic, uncountable) A sorrow or grief; dolour.
2. (Scotland, uncountable) Dolus.

Noun

Alternative form of dhole (“Asian wild dog”).

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

Translations

Arbeitslosengeld

steun

subsidio de desempleo

yardım

Spende

pay

hisse

aalmoes

caridad

iane

allocation chômage

assedics

kısım

nasip

distribuer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dəʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dol

Inherited from Old English: dāl

Cognate with Church Slavic: дѣлити

Inherited from Middle English: doell

Cognate with French: 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.