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