Associations to the word «Dole»

Wiktionary

DOLE, verb. To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
DOLE, noun. Money or other goods given as charity.
DOLE, noun. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
DOLE, noun. (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed.
DOLE, noun. A boundary; a landmark.
DOLE, noun. (UK) (dialect) A void space left in tillage.
DOLE, noun. (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
DOLE, noun. (legal) (Scotland) dolus
DOLE BLUDGER, noun. (Australia) (New Zealand) (pejorative) (slang) An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.
DOLE BLUDGERS, noun. Plural of dole bludger
DOLE MEADOW, noun. A meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.
DOLE OUT, verb. (idiomatic) (transitive) To distribute in small amounts.

Dictionary definition

DOLE, noun. A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.
DOLE, noun. Money received from the state.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis