dole

dole
1 noun (U) BrE
1 money given by the government in Britain to people who are unemployed: be/go on the dole (=be or become unemployed and receive money from the government): Kevin was on the dole for a year before he got a job.
2 the dole queue
a) the line of people waiting to claim this money each week
b) the number of people who are unemployed and claiming money from the state: As two factories closed today, 500 people joined the dole queue.
2 verb dole sth out phrasal verb (T) informal to give money or food to more than one person (+ to): Vera was doling out candy to all the kids.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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