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  • A gift of food or money in charity distributed or doled out (the dole); specifically, various kinds of payments from government funds, such as:
    • the 'grain dole' or 'corn dole' of Ancient Rome
      Grain supply to the city of Rome
      The megalopolis of ancient Rome could never be fed entirely from its own surrounding countryside, especially as this region was increasingly used to produce fruit, vegetables and other perishable goods, and also taken up with the villas and parks of the aristocracy...

    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      Jobseeker's Allowance
      In the United Kingdom Jobseeker's Allowance , colloquially known as The Dole, is a form of unemployment benefit that is paid by the government to people who are unemployed and seeking work. It is part of the social security benefits system and is meant to cover the cost of living expenses in...

       in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
    • Newstart Allowance in Australia.
    • Unemployment benefits
    • Welfare
  • Dole Food Company
    Dole Food Company
    Dole Food Company, Inc. is an American-based agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Westlake Village, California and is the leading grower and packer of such food items as bananas, pineapples , grapes, strawberries, and other fresh and frozen fruits. It is a leader in...

    , US agricultural corporation
  • Dôle, a blend style of Swiss wine
    Swiss wine
    The Swiss wine region has nearly 15 000 hectares of vineyards, and the wines are mainly produced in the west and in the south of Switzerland, in the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, Ticino, Valais and Vaud....

     from the Valais
  • DOLE, Department of Labor and Employment (Philippines)
    Department of Labor and Employment (Philippines)
    The Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment is the executive department of the Philippine Government mandated to formulate policies, implement programs and services, and serve as the policy-coordinating arm of the Executive Branch in the field of labor and employment...

  • Dole Air Race
    Dole Air Race
    The Dole Air Race was an air race to cross the Pacific Ocean from the coast of northern California to the Territory of Hawai'i. Inspired by Charles A. Lindbergh's successful trans-Atlantic flight, James D...

    , ill-fated 1927 air race named for sponsor James Dole (see below)


Places:
  • Dole, Jura
    Dole, Jura
    Dole is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France, of which it is a sub-prefecture.-History:Dole was the capital of Franche-Comté until Louis XIV conquered the region; he shifted the parlement from Dole to Besançon...

    , a commune in the Jura
    Jura (département)
    Jura is a department in the east of France named after the Jura mountains.- History :Historically, Jura belonged to the Free County of Burgundy, known in French as the Franche-Comté. Dole was the capital until the region was conquered by Louis XIV and it was moved to Besançon...

     département in France
  • La Dôle
    La Dôle
    La Dôle is a peak in the Jura mountains in Vaud in western Switzerland rising to an altitude of 1677.2 meters. It is the second highest peak in the Swiss Jura, the highest being Mont Tendre....

    , a mountain in Switzerland
  • Dole, Nepal
    Dole, Nepal
    Dole is a small village in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It lies in the Dudh Kosi River valley just north of Khumjung and south of Machhermo at an altitude of 4038m ....

    , a village in Nepal
  • Dole, Ceredigion, a hamlet in Ceredigion, Wales
  • Dole, Latvia, a town in Latvia


People:
  • Bob Dole
    Bob Dole
    Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an attorney and retired United States Senator from Kansas from 1969–1996, serving part of that time as United States Senate Majority Leader, where he set a record as the longest-serving Republican leader. He was his party's 1996 presidential nominee but lost the...

  • Elizabeth Dole
    Elizabeth Dole
    Mary Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations...

  • James Dole
    James Dole
    James Drummond Dole , also known as the Pineapple King, was a United States industrialist who developed the pineapple industry in Hawaii and established the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. Hawaiian Pineapple Company, or HAPCO, was later reorganized to become the present-day Dole Food Company, which...

  • Lester Dole
    Lester Dole
    Lester Carrington Dole , was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played in with the New Haven Elm Citys.He was born in Meriden, Connecticut and died in Concord, New Hampshire....

  • Mary Phylinda Dole
    Mary Phylinda Dole
    Mary Phylinda Dole became an American physician at a time when it was very difficult for women to do so.She was born in Massachusetts. She graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1886. After earning her M.D. from the Women's Medical College of Baltimore in 1888, she returned to Mount...

  • Sanford B. Dole
    Sanford B. Dole
    Sanford Ballard Dole was a politician and jurist of Hawaii as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory.-Early years:...

  • Vincent Dole
    Vincent Dole
    Vincent Dole was an American doctor, who, along with his wife Dr Marie Nyswander , worked in heroin dependency treatment. He pioneered the use of methadone as a maintenance opioid and his work resulted in the partial re-legalization of opioid maintenance in the United States...