dole

See also dolé

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhAil- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Albanian thelë (“portion,piece”) and Old Church Slavonic  (dola),  (dilu, “part”). More at deal.

Verb

dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled)

1. To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

Noun

dole (uncountable)

1. Money or other goods given as charity.
2. (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed.

   I get my dole paid twice a week.

   I′ve been on the dole for two years now.

   • 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes: A Memoir, page 107,

     The men sit because they′re worn out from walking to the Labour Exchange every morning to sign for the dole, discussing the world′s problems and wondering what to do with the rest of the day.

   • 1997, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD Economic Surveys: Australia, page 67,

     The FY 1997/98 Commonwealth budget allocated funding of A$ 21.6 million to the Work for the Dole initiative for unemployed young people.

Translations

money or goods given as charity

• Bulgarian: милостиня (bg) (milostinja) f, подаяние (bg) (podajanie) n
• Finnish: avustus (fi)

• Serbo-Croatian: milostinja (sh)

unemployment benefit

• Bulgarian: помощ при безработица
• Czech: podpora (cs) f, podpora v nezaměstnanosti (cs) f
• Dutch: steun (nl) m
• Finnish: työttömyyspäiväraha, työttömyysavustus

• French: assedics
• Icelandic: atvinnuleysisbætur (is) f pl
• Russian: пособие (ru) (posóbije) n, пособие по безработице (ru) (posóbije po bezrabótice)
• Serbo-Croatian: naknada za nezaposlenost (sh)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin dolor.

Noun

dole (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, William Caxton, 1868, Morte Darthur, page 212,

     Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole.

Derived terms

• (payment to support the unemployed): dole bludger

Anagrams

• leod, lode, olde, OLED

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Adverb

dole

1. down (at a lower place or position)

Antonyms

• nahoře

Related terms

• dolů

See also

• vlevo
• vpravo

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Dutch

Verb

dole

1. singular present subjunctive of dolen

Anagrams

• doel

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: dolent, doles

Verb

dole

1. first-person singular present indicative of doler
2. third-person singular present indicative of doler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of doler
5. second-person singular imperative of doler

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Latin

Verb

dolē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of doleō

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): dȍlje

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dôle/
• Hyphenation: do‧le

Adverb

dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)

1. down
2. below

Interjection

dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)

1. down

   dol(j)e s vladom! — down with the government!