to dole
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4.7
- verb
- /doʊl/
:
repartir
- The canned bread vending machine doles out flavors including chocolate chip bread, coffee loaf, and fruit bread.
- dole out food
- dole out favors
- dole out subsidies
Now compare that to an antibiotic where doctors are stingy about doling them out.
- Now compare that to an antibiotic where doctors are stingy about doling them out.
- They're not doled out by the government.
- Certainly, doling out work permits is not the solution to to this.
- The NSF, the DARPA, there was an Air Force place that doled out money.
- These might be doled out over time, but often a lump sum was due up front.
- The truck doles bumps like a luxury vehicle.
- And I don't want to think that I would have been the person doling that out, but who's to say I wouldn't have?
- And giving and doling out your wisdom on I'll tell you a great Rodney story.
- The royalties are partially going to the committee for Ezra # Dorothy, who kind of doles it out.
- I mean, you know, they get paid money to dole out money for healthcare.
Examples
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Together, Yanukovych and Azarov have doled out 29 cabinet seats to their cronies.
Academic text (2010) -
The stimulus bill doles out generous subsidies to alternative energy producers and new motor vehicle technologies.
Academic text (2009) -
Please dole out fair justice.
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We don't have anybody to dole out water during the day.
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But we must all remember that this is not our money we're doling out.
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You sign the charts, and you dole out meds.
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The money Social Services doles out for a kid is pitiful.
Fiction book (1999) -
City planners often dole out resources in pairs: sports centers, clinics, parks, fire stations.
Academic text (2011) -
The charity decided to dole out food supplies to families in need during the crisis.
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During the event, volunteers will dole out free meals to anyone who attends.
Synonyms
233
2.0
Hand something to someone without asking for money
165
1.8
To give something to people in a group
143
2.3
To hand things to several people
34
4.0
To give small amounts of something to several people over time
19
3.7
To give medicine or other things to people at a pharmacy
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Etymology
The verb dole comes from the same old English word dal meaning 'share', and, like deal out, it means to give things to people, often in small amounts so everyone gets their part.