Dictionary entry

The dole

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

[sing] (Brit infml ) အလုပ်လက်မဲ့များ အတွက် နိုင်ငံတော်၏ ထောက်ပံ့ကြေး။

Definition

dole /'dǝƱl/ n the dole [sing] ( Brit infml ) အလုပ္လက္မဲ့မ်ား အတြက္ ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္၏ ေထာက္ပံ့ေၾကး။ be/go on the dole (ie receive/register for such payments) ❍ claim the dole ❍ lengthening dole queues. ❏ dole sth out (to sb) [ PHRV ] အနည္းငယ္စီ ေဝငွေပးသည္။ allowances doled out to the elderly ❍ She seldom doles out praise to people who work for her. သူ႕အတြက္ လုပ္ေပးတဲ့လူေတြကို ခ်ီးမြမ္းခဲတယ္။

Examples

  1. Have you received your dole money yet?
  2. [the dole] : He is unemployed and claiming the dole.