dole

About 1.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Distribution; dealing; apportionment. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} Distribution of alms or gifts.
2. noun Distribution of alms or gifts.
3. noun Money or other goods given as charity.
4. noun Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.

   I get my dole paid twice a week.

5. noun A boundary; a landmark.
6. noun A void space left in tillage.
7. verb To distribute alms, etc., in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
8. verb To distribute (as, alms) in small amounts; to share out (small portions of a meager resource).

Similar words

pogey pogy distribute allocation ration stipend charity mete allowance relief

Often followed by

out and of was to in had is act

Word family

Bob Dole Dole Robert Joseph Dole Sanford Ballard Dole Sanford Dole doled doles doling