dole
Meager charitable portion
Dole is money or goods distributed to the needy, particularly government unemployment benefits in British usage: He's been on the dole for six months.
To dole something out is to distribute it in small portions, often grudgingly or sparingly: She doled out the remaining supplies.
The word carries connotations of charity and meagerness. (Capitalized Dole is a surname or brand name.)
State aid for jobless workers
- public assistanceGovernment help for poor
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
- reliefEasing of distress
aid · subsidy · safety net · dependency · income support
Divided share given
- sharePortion given out
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- rationFixed allotted amount
- quotaFixed assigned amount
distribution · apportionment · dispensation · parceling · division · allowance · measure · helping
Intense sorrow from loss
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- mourningPeriod following loss
melancholy · anguish · despair · heartache · sadness · dolor · gloom · wretchedness
unemployment benefits
State aid for jobless workers
- public assistanceGovernment help for poor
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- handoutFree distribution to recipients
relief · aid · subsidy · safety net · dependency · income support
portion
Divided share given
quota · distribution · apportionment · dispensation · parceling · division · allowance · measure · helping
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- woeGreat sorrow or distress
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
mourning · melancholy · anguish · despair · heartache · sadness · dolor · gloom · wretchedness
- income supportbasic income, guaranteed income, minimum income, universal basic income, UBI
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, benefit, health screening
- collective nounsflock, herd, school, pack, swarm
- hard timeshardship, struggle, struggling, unemployment, tough times
- Depression EraGreat Depression, Hooverville, breadline, dust storms, soup kitchen
dolesalary
Fixed periodic employment payment
wages · earnings · paycheck · employment income · earned income
- dole outDistribute in portions
- doled outDistributed in portions
- doling outDistributing in portions
- dole queuesLines awaiting unemployment payments
- Bob Dole
doleful, indolent, indolence, condolence, dolorous, dolefully, doled, doles, doling