Word: dole Word origin: Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to deal1. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th century. Phonetic: dəʊl Listen:
benefit paid by the state to the unemployed. Example: I was on the dole for three years
distribute shares of something. Example: the scanty portions of food doled out to them
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