Definitions for dole
doʊldole

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dolenoun

   a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given

2. dole, pogy, pogeynoun

   money received from the state

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DOLEnoun

   Etymology: from deal; dælan, Saxon.

   1. The act of distribution or dealing.

   The personal fruition in any man cannot reach to feel great riches: there is a custody of them, or a power of dole and donative of them, or a fame of them, but no solid use to the owner. Francis Bacon, Essay 35.

   At her general dole
   Each receives his ancient soul. John Cleveland.

   2. Any thing dealt out or distributed.

   Now, my masters, happy man be his dole say I; every man to his business. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

   Let us, that are unhurt and whole,
   Fall on, and happy man be’s dole. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 3.

   3. Provisions or money distributed in charity.

   They had such firm dependance on the day,
   That Need grew pamper’d, and forgot to pray;
   So sure the dole, so ready at their call,
   They stood prepar’d to see the manna fall. Dryden.

   Clients of old were feasted; now a poor
   Divided dole is dealt at th’ outward door,
   Which by the hungry rout is soon dispatch’d. John Dryden, Juven.

   4. Blows dealt out.

   It was your presurmise,
   That in the dole of blows your son might drop. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

   What if his eye-sight, for to Israel’s God
   Nothing is hard, by miracle restor’d,
   He now be dealing dole among his foes,
   And over heaps of slaughter’d walk his way? John Milton, Agonist.

   5. [from dolor.]Grief; sorrow; misery.

   Yonder they lie; the poor old man, their father, making such pitiful dole over them, that all beholders take his part with weeping. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   Our sometime sister, now our queen,
   Have we, as ’twere, with a defeated joy,
   With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage,
   In equal scale weighing delight and dole,
   Taken to wife. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   They might hope to change
   Torment with ease, and soonest recompense
   Dole with delight. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv. l. 892.

2. Dolenoun

   Void space left in tillage. Dict.

3. To Doleverb

   To deal; to distribute. Dict.

   Etymology: from the noun.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dole

   The Department of Labor and Employment (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Paggawa at Empleyo, commonly abbreviated as DOLE) is one of the executive departments of the Philippine government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment. It is tasked with the enforcement of the provisions of the Labor Code.

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1. dole

   Dole generally refers to the distribution of money, benefits, or other goods to those in need, often done by the government or a charitable organization. It can also refer to unemployment benefits in particular. Essentially, it's a form of financial relief or aid provided to individuals, especially those who are unemployed or impoverished.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dolenoun

   grief; sorrow; lamentation

2. Dolenoun

   see Dolus

3. Dolenoun

   distribution; dealing; apportionment

4. Dolenoun

   that which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance

5. Dolenoun

   alms; charitable gratuity or portion

6. Dolenoun

   a boundary; a landmark

7. Dolenoun

   a void space left in tillage

8. Doleverb

   to deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly

9. Etymology: [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dole

   dōl, v.t. to deal out in small portions.—n. a share distributed: something given in charity: a small portion. [A doublet of deal, to divide.]

2. Dole

   dōl, n. pain: grief: (arch. and poet.) heaviness at heart.—adj. Dole′ful, full of dole or grief: melancholy.—adv. Dole′fully.—n. Dole′fulness.—adjs. Dō′lent (obs.), Dole′some, dismal.—adv. Dole′somely. [O. Fr. doel (Fr. deuil), grief—L. dolēre, to feel pain.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dôle

   a town in the dep. of Jura, on the Doubs, and the Rhône and Rhine Canal, 28 m. SE. of Dijon, with iron-works, and a trade in wine, grain, &c.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dole

   A stated allowance; but applied to a scanty share or portion.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dôle

   A town of France, in the department of Jura, on the right bank of the Doubs. In 1479 it was taken by Louis XI., when the greater part of the town was destroyed, and many of its inhabitants were put to the sword. It subsequently came into the hands of the Spaniards, and was fortified by Charles V. in 1530. In 1636 it was ineffectually besieged by the Prince of Condé. In 1668 it was taken by the French; and again in 1674, when its fortifications were destroyed.

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1. DOLE

   What does DOLE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DOLE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. DOLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dole is ranked #9884 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dole surname appeared 3,271 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Dole.
   
   85.1% or 2,784 total occurrences were White.
   5.5% or 183 total occurrences were Asian.
   4.2% or 138 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.5% or 82 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 66 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 18 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dole' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4412

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Anagrams for dole »

1. elod

2. lode

3. odel

How to pronounce dole?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say dole in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dole in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dole in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of dole in a Sentence

1. Patty Murray:

   People who are getting access to health care are not on the dole, they are working families. They are, by circumstances most of us hope we don't get into, have a very seriously ill child or spouse. This is America. Certainly, we don't call people who need health care people who are on the dole.

2. Franklin D. Roosevelt:

   We have here a human as well as an economic problem. When humane considerations are concerned, Americans give them precedence. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.

3. Joe Biden:

   Q-Anon and the extreme elements of the Republican Party and what, Donald Trump keeps sort of, seems to me feeding the, you know what, the big lie, it makes it awful hard, for example, one of the reasons I'm a little bit late coming on is because -- not coming on, but to do the taping here, is because I did Bob Dole's eulogy today.

4. Orrin Hatch:

   I think we'll lose if Bob Dole's Bob Dole, there's a lot of people who don't feel Bob Dole can appeal to people across the board.

5. Orrin Hatch:

   I've come around a little bit on Donald Trump in Iowa, i'm not so sure we'd lose if Donald Trump in Iowa's Bob Dole because Donald Trump in Iowa's appealing to people who a lot of the Republican candidates have not appealed to in the past.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dole
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dole
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dole
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dole
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dole
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Dole
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=dole
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dole