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aid | dole | Synonyms |

Aid is a synonym of dole.


As a proper noun aid

is .

As a verb dole is

.

aid

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) aide, from (etyl) . Cognate include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto

Noun

(en noun)
  • Help; assistance; succor, relief.
  • :
  • *(Henry Hallam) (1777-1859)
  • *:An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid .
  • *
  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • A helper; an assistant.
  • *(w) viii. 6
  • *:It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
  • Something which helps; a material source of help.
  • :
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  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone
  • (lb) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
  • (lb) An exchequer loan.
  • (lb) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
  • An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
  • :
  • Derived terms
    * aid climbing * aidful * aidless * aidman * first aid * hearing aid

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) aidier (modern aider), from (etyl) adiuto'', frequentative of ''adiuvo "to assist".

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To (give) support (to); to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You speedy helpers Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg. }}
    Synonyms
    * assist * befriend * bestand * cooperate * help * promote * relieve * succor * support * sustain
    Derived terms
    * aidable * aidance * aider

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Võro==

    Noun

    (vro-noun)
  • dole

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) dol, from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (dol)
  • To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
  • Noun

  • Money or other goods given as charity.
  • * Dryden
  • So sure the dole , so ready at their call, / They stood prepar'd to see the manna fall.
  • * Keble
  • Heaven has in store a precious dole .
  • Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
  • * Cleveland
  • At her general dole , / Each receives his ancient soul.
  • (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed.
  • I get my dole paid twice a week.
    I?ve been on the dole for two years now.
  • * 1996 , , page 107,
  • The men sit because they?re worn out from walking to the Labour Exchange every morning to sign for the dole , discussing the world?s problems and wondering what to do with the rest of the day.
  • * 1997 , , OECD Economic Surveys: Australia , page 67,
  • The FY 1997/98 Commonwealth budget allocated funding of A$ 21.6 million to the Work for the Dole initiative for unemployed young people.
  • A boundary; a landmark.
  • (Halliwell)
  • (UK, dialect) A void space left in tillage.
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl) dolus, from (etyl) doleo.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
  • * 1485 , , 1868, Morte Darthur , page 212,
  • Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole .
  • * Tennyson
  • And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat.
  • (legal, Scotland) dolus
  • Derived terms
    * (payment to support the unemployed) dole bludger

    Anagrams

    * ----