noun · countable / uncountable · rare

dole

dole · doles

подаяние, милостыня, подачка

Distribution; dealing; apportionmentDistribution; dealing; apportionment.

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UK/dəʊl/US/doʊl/

» Steve ended up on the dole.

Stefan musste sich arbeitslos melden.

Meaning

8 senses

(uncountable)Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
c. 1650s, John Cleveland, Upon Phillis Walking in a Morning before Sun-rising At her general dole, / Each receives his ancient soul.
Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
(countable, uncountable)Distribution of alms or gifts.
(broadly, uncountable)Money or other goods given as charity.
ми́лостыняmílostynja, подая́ниеpodajánije, пода́чкаpodáčka
a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
(informal, often, uncountable)Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
I get my dole paid twice a week.
I've been on the dole for two years now.
Stütze
посо́биеposóbije, посо́бие по безрабо́тицеposóbije po bezrabótice
(countable)A boundary; a landmark.
(UK, countable, dialectal)A void space left in tillage.
(Scotland, uncountable)Dolus.
(archaic, uncountable)A sorrow or grief; dolour.

Examples

8 sentences

Steve ended up on the dole.
deStefan musste sich arbeitslos melden.
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He doled out the waffle batter with a large soup spoon.
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The government proposed to introduce a work-for-the-dole scheme.
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The grants are expected to be doled out starting next year.
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Dole out your wisdom a little at a time.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

money or goods given as charity:

unemployment benefit:

Deutsch

unemployment benefit:

Origin

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), fro

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Polish dola (“fate, cut”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal. First attested in the late 12th c. The verb is first attested in the mid-15th c.

From Middle English dole (“grief”), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo.

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