Dole

[dəʊl] or [dol]

Definition

(noun.) money received from the state.

(noun.) a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.

Typed by Geraldine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) grief; sorrow; lamentation.

(n.) See Dolus.

(n.) Distribution; dealing; apportionment.

(n.) That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.

(n.) Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.

(n.) A boundary; a landmark.

(n.) A void space left in tillage.

(v. t.) To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Apportionment, allotment, distribution.[2]. Part, share, portion.[3]. Gift, gratuity, donation, pittance, alms.[4]. Grief, sorrow, distress, affliction.

Typed by Ewing

Definition

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.

v.t. to deal out in small portions.—n. a share distributed: something given in charity: a small portion.

Typist: Theodore