n. 1 portion, allotment, share, quota, lot, allowance, parcel; compensation, benefit, grant, award, donation, gift, largesse, alms, gratuity; Slang hand-out The prisoners received a daily dole of bread If you've lost your job, are you eligible for the dole? 2 distribution, apportionment, allocation, dispensation The money was given to the disaster victims by dole
v. 3 give (out), deal (out), distribute, hand out, mete out, share (out), dispense, allot, allocate, apportion, Colloq dish out They dole out the reparations on the basis of need