dole

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Welfaredoledole1 /dəʊl $ doʊl/ noun [uncountable] informal 1 PEW British English money given by the government in Britain to people who are unemployedbe/go on the dole (=be unemployed and receiving money from the government) Too many young people are still on the dole. The number claiming dole went up by 3,500.2 → the dole queue/dole queues3 → the doleExamples from the Corpusdole• Surely they didn't collect dole cheques from the society they so obviously rejected?• She was an alien in the country with no dole to fall back on, didn't have much money.• I want to be on the public dole.• I brace myself for the sight of the posters, unrolled and exposed, and the dole cards.• If the unemployed learned to be better managers ... I fancy it would not be long before the dole was docked correspondingly.• Surely this term should be used to describe some one who lives and works - or draws the dole - in Scouserpool?• I said the bankers were the first to go on the dole.• I was on the dole then, getting £5.50 a week and the rent was £2.50. be/go on the dole• Nature is joining the human race and going on the dole.• She left the riding stables and went on the dole.• If they lose their jobs, instead of going on the dole they have to leave the country.• I said the bankers were the first to go on the dole.• Half the service personnel will go to St Athan; the 100 remaining civilians will be on the dole.doledole2 verb → dole something ↔ out→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdole• It must also dole out a level of punishment so severe that it precludes any further response.• So to save costs -- many millions a year, experts say -- the company stopped doling out awards.• They've been doling out compassion long before the late Princess Diana invented it.• Its board has adopted a streamlined procedure for doling out emergency loans.• Local officials traditionally lavish entertainment on national officials who dole out money for public works and other local projects.From Longman Business Dictionarydoledole /dəʊldoʊl/ noun [uncountable] British English informal old-fashioned in Britain, money that the government gives to people who are looking for workSYNwelfare AmEA whole generation of miners ended up on the dole.unemployed demonstrators protesting at dole cutsOrigin dole2 Old English dal “part, share”

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Verb table

dole

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	dole
he, she, it	doles
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	doled
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have doled
he, she, it	has doled
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had doled
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will dole
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have doled
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am doling
he, she, it	is doling
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you, we, they	are doling
Past
I, he, she, it	was doling
you, we, they	were doling
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been doling
he, she, it	has been doling
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been doling
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be doling
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been doling
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