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dole
1. v. To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
2. n. Money or other goods given as charity.
3. n. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
4. n. (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.
5. n. A boundary; a landmark.
6. n. (dialect) A void space left in tillage.
7. n. (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
8. n. (legal, Scotland) dolus

Example Sentences

Half of the population is on the dole.

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