0 (usually with out) to hand or give out shares of -- sự phát chẩn
She doled out the food.
1 (with the) a slang word for the payment made by the state to an unemployed person -- sự bố thí
He’s on the dole.
Interestingly, when after the reversion of the manor and lands in 1722 to the previous landowning family the new landlord publicly announced that he was restoring doles.!
Are the lines "dole"/"drink" (7, 8) and "anear"/"away" (9,10) couplets?
Why shouldn't they work for their dole payment?
The number supported by weekly bread doles for most of the year leapt to 9 in 1571/1572 and 17 in 1588/1589.
Although they constitute a right, some people regard these payments as charitable ' dole ' and resent having to depend on them.
There has been considerable discussion about the staying power of philanthropy and the motives behind funeral doles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
After 1810 further standardization took place and the 7s doles limited to those families with five children or more.
During this period the amount spent on doles was generally around £7 a year.
