[dəʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- benefit paid by the state to the unemployed
(e.g: they are receiving the dole)

- a person's lot or destiny
(e.g: death be his dole who worst maintains the strife)


Phrases:
- on the dole

Origin:
Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to deal. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th century

[dəʊl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- distribute shares of something
(e.g: the scanty portions of food doled out to them)


Phrases:
- on the dole

Origin:
Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to deal. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th century

[dəʊl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- sorrow; mourning

- a flock of doves
(e.g: a dole of doves adorned its tiled roof)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French doel ‘mourning’, from popular Latin dolus, from Latin dolere ‘grieve’