dole

• n. 失業者救済; 施し; 施しを与える
• vt.救済を与える；小分けにして与える
• n. （ドール）人の名前；（仏、独、露）ドール；（英）ドール

語源 deal、distribute、dispense、allot と同じ。alms（施し）やunemployment benefits（失業手当）に由来する。

dole

dole: [OE] In Old English, the noun dāl meant simply ‘part, portion’ (it came from a Germanic base *dail-, which also produced English deal). By the 14th century this had developed into the more specific ‘portion (of food, money, etc) handed out as a charitable donation to those in need’. This is the source of the phrase on the dole ‘receiving government benefit’, first recorded in the 1920s. The verb dole ‘distribute’ arose in the 15th century; its modern use, dole out, is an 18th-century development.
=> deal

dole (n.)

Old English dal "state of being divided; sharing, giving out," shortened from gedal "portion," related to d?l "deal," from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon del, Middle Dutch deil, Dutch deel, Old High German teil, German Teil). On the dole is 1920s.

dole (v.)

"hand out charity," mid-15c., from dole (n.). Doled; doling.

1. T-shirts are a nice little earner and it 's better than the dole .

Tシャツを売ってお金を得るのは簡単で、救済金を受け取るよりもいいです。

2.Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole .

2年後、彼は貧しく失業手当で生活していた。

3.The Government cannot expect graduates to twiddle their thumbs on the dole .

政府は卒業生が救済金を受け取っているのを見て何もしないのを嫌がっている。

4.I got out my wallet and began to dole out the money.

私は財布を取り出してお金を配り始めた。

5.Bob Dole seemed less than enthusiastic about the proposed move.

ボブ?ドールは提案されたこの行動にあまり興味がないようだ。