What does dole mean?

Definitions for dole
doʊldole

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Princeton's WordNet

  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 Dictionary

  1. 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.

  2. Dolenoun

    Void space left in tillage. Dict.

  3. To Doleverb

    To deal; to distribute. Dict.

    Etymology: from the noun.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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 Encyclopedia

  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 Terms

  1. dole

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

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  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.

Suggested Resources

  1. DOLE

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

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  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

Anagrams for dole »

  1. elod

  2. lode

  3. odel

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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. 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.

  2. Republican Recall:

    I voted for Bob Dole, I voted for Mitt Romney. I voted for George Bush. I voted for George Bush. And whoever the standard bearer is in 2024, I'm going to vote for George Bush or her as well. So I'm Republican Recall and I've consistently voted Republican. So to call me a Trump-supporting radio host -- a little unfair, is my opinion.

  3. Robert Joseph Bob Dole:

    If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

  4. 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.

  5. Burdett Loomis:

    I think as we get farther away from the Dole-era what becomes more and more evident is that he was a fierce partisan, a Republican leader. But here’s a guy who’s partisan but can walk across the aisle and make deals with other fierce partisans.

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