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Another word for dole

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dole

n.

charity, relief, allotment; see aid 1, gift 1, share 2, welfare 2.

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Another word for dole

noun

Assistance, especially money, food, and other necessities, given to the needy or dispossessed:
aid, handout, public assistance, relief, welfare. See help
That which is allotted:
allocation, allotment, allowance, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. (Informal) cut. (Slang) divvy. See collect

phrasal verb dole out

To give out in portions or shares:

deal (out), dispense, distribute, divide, parcel out, portion (out), ration (out), share. (Slang) divvy. See collect

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Dole sent a reply to Willis, declining to surrender the authority of the provisional government to the deposed queen.
One result was the unemployment dole, at first a necessity, but afterwards a hindrance to a return to normal life.
The very well documented corn dole of ancient Rome is one of many cases.
Rendered fealty to the emperor Frederick Barbarossa at Dole in 1162; and when, on the accession of Canute V.
Below Dole the river is navigable only for some 8 m.

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