dole
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Is dole a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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What is the meaning of dole?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.Examples: "I get my dole paid twice a week."; "I've been on the dole for two years now."; "So, we are being fobbed off by second-rate American junk by smart aleck salesman from Pittsburgh while British factories stand empty and British workmen queue up for the dole."Synonyms: pancrack, pogey
2. (British, dialectal) A void space left in tillage.
noun (English)
1. (archaic) A sorrow or grief; dolour.Examples: "Syr said sir gyngalyn I wote not what knyȝt he was / but wel I wote that he sygheth and maketh grete dole. "Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole.""; "But ten slow mornings past, and on the eleventh / Her father laid the letter in her hand, / And closed the hand upon it, and she died. / So that day there was dole in Astolat."; "These knights he keepeth there in great dole and misery, for it is said that their groans may be heard by the passers along the high-road below the castle."
2. (law, Scotland) Dolus.
name (English)
1. (Philippines) Acronym of Department of Labor and Employment.
Definition source: Wiktionary