What does Dole mean?
Definitions for Dole
doʊldole
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Princeton's WordNet
dolenoun
a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
dole, pogy, pogeynoun
money received from the state
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DOLEnoun
Etymology: from deal; dælan, Saxon.
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.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.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.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.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.Dolenoun
Void space left in tillage. Dict.
To Doleverb
To deal; to distribute. Dict.
Etymology: from the noun.
Wikipedia
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.
Webster Dictionary
Dolenoun
grief; sorrow; lamentation
Dolenoun
see Dolus
Dolenoun
distribution; dealing; apportionment
Dolenoun
that which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance
Dolenoun
alms; charitable gratuity or portion
Dolenoun
a boundary; a landmark
Dolenoun
a void space left in tillage
Doleverb
to deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly
Etymology: [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
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 Encyclopedia
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 Terms
dole
A stated allowance; but applied to a scanty share or portion.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Dole' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4412
Anagrams for Dole »
elod
lode
odel
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Dole in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Dole in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Dole in a Sentence
The policies of the Obama administration have left the Veterans Administration in an utter mess and one of my first priorities as president will be to fix this broken system and give our veterans the care they deserve. I ’m thankful for Senator Dole’s valued advice.
In the past when I was on protests, it was always people shouting out of the cars,' get a job, get a bath, get a haircut,' so, am I a dole-scrounging hippie, or am I middle class and privileged ? Just by stepping forward, somehow you become scrutinized, rather than the actual issues that count.
What Bob Dole is effectively saying, and the establishment is saying, is the one guy that scares the heck out of us is Cruz because Cruz actually will stand with the American people against the career politicians in both parties.
Stephen Moore know, we have too many people dependent on government and the cost isn't so much of what it costs our fisc -- Stephen Moore know, the fiscal situation, it's really expensive. The cost, it just depletes people of their dignity and their meaning in life, i mean, there's nothing worse than being on the dole, right ?
If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.
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- милостиня, подаяниеBulgarian
- podpora, podpora v nezaměstnanostiCzech
- työttömyyspäiväraha, avustus, työttömyysavustusFinnish
- assedicsFrench
- membagikanIndonesian
- atvinnuleysisbæturIcelandic
- ドールJapanese
- doleLatin
- steunDutch
- пособие, пособие по безработицеRussian
- naknada za nezaposlenost, milostinjaSerbo-Croatian
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