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DOLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dole mean?

• DOLE (noun)
The noun DOLE has 2 senses:

1. a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
2. money received from the state

Familiarity information: DOLE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DOLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("dole" is a kind of...):

part; percentage; portion; share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)

Sense 2

dole ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Money received from the state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pogey; pogy; dole

Hypernyms ("dole" is a kind of...):

social welfare; welfare (governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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