Dole - English meaning

verb

Distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

In past years we didn't allocate enough funds to infrastructure maintenance

verb

Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose

verb

To give something as a share of a total amount

Usage examples:

State funds will not be allocated to the program next year.

verb

Give or apportion (something) to someone.

Usage examples:

Equal time was allotted to each

verb

To give a share of something for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

The board allotted $5000 to the recreation center., [ u ] there are huge differences in the allotme…

verb

To give a share of something to someone or something to use for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

Allot sth to sb/sth for sth $150,000 has been allotted to the museum for renovations.

noun

The amount of something that is permitted, especially within a set of regulations or for a specified purpose.

Usage examples:

Your baggage allowance

verb

Give (someone) a sum of money as an allowance.

Usage examples:

I have made up my mind to allowance him

noun

The amount of something available or needed for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

What is the recommended daily allowance of vitamin a?

verb

Divide up and share out.

Usage examples:

Voting power will be apportioned according to contribution

verb

To give or share something among several people or things

Usage examples:

How should medical care be funded and apportioned?

verb

To share something between several people or organizations

Usage examples:

Apportion sth between sb/sth the costs will be apportioned between the buyer and the seller., appor…

verb

Allocate (a job or duty).

Usage examples:

Congress had assigned the task to the agency

noun

Another term for assignee (sense 1).

Usage examples:

This agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their successors and assigns

noun

An advantage or profit gained from something.

Usage examples:

Enjoy the benefits of being a member

verb

Receive an advantage; profit.

Usage examples:

The areas would benefit from regeneration

noun

A helpful or good effect

Usage examples:

[ c ] it was a giveaway to the rich, he said, and not something that’s a benefit to most americans.…

verb

Pay out (money from a fund).

Usage examples:

$67 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed

verb

If a bank, organization, or government disburses money, it officially pays it to someone

Usage examples:

Up to now, the foundation has disbursed $1.3 million., disburse sth to sb the money was disbursed t…

verb

Distribute or provide (a service or information) to a number of people.

Usage examples:

Orderlies went round dispensing drinks

verb

To give out or provide an item or substance

Usage examples:

Is there a tourism agency that dispenses city maps?, this gasoline pump is capable of dispensing ei…

verb

To provide something such as a service, money, or information

Usage examples:

Dispense advice/information a personal financial manager will dispense advice on investments., the …

phrasal verb

Give out as one's portion or share

noun

A dividend (= part of the profit of a company that is paid to the shareholders)

Usage examples:

The co-operative movement began operating its dividend or 'divvy' scheme 150 years ago., the boss d…

noun

A flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, and some invertebrates, used for propelling, steering, and balancing.

Usage examples:

He then uses this to explain why there are no post-anal fins in fish: the tail is itself an appenda…

verb

Swim under water by means of flippers.

Usage examples:

We finned along the side of the wreck

noun

A thin, wing-shaped part of a fish that helps it to swim, or a wing-shaped part of a ship, aircraft, or car

phrasal verb

Give to several people

phrasal verb

To last no longer, or to work no longer

Usage examples:

Food supplies will give out by the end of the week., they’re giving out free tickets to the circus.

verb

Agree to give or allow (something requested) to.

Usage examples:

They were granted a meeting

noun

A sum of money given by a government or other organization for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

A research grant

verb

To give, agree to give, or do something that another person has asked for, esp. as an official or formal act

Usage examples:

She was granted american citizenship., [ + (that) clause ] i grant you (that) it must have been ups…

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

noun

The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.

Usage examples:

They don't give a damn about the welfare of their families

noun

Physical and mental health and happiness

Usage examples:

We were concerned for our parents’ welfare when we heard about the storm in florida., welfare benef…

noun

The general state of health or degree of success of a person, business, country, etc.

Usage examples:

Their gdp figures look good, but perhaps at a cost to their overall economic welfare., we are a pro…