dole

Meanings

Verb

  • To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

Noun

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Origin

  • From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl ("portion, share, division, allotment"), from Proto-Germanic *dailą ("part, deal"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- ("part, watershed"). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити ("divide"). More at deal.
  • From Middle English doell ("grief"), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo.

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