Hyphenation
dö·leSynonyms
allotment,
alms,
apportionment,
benefit,
charity,
dispensation,
distribution,
division,
donation,
gift,
grant,
gratuity,
handout,
living wage,
miteEtymology
() From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailan (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhAil- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic (dola), (dilu, “part”). More at deal.