dol
noun
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
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dol
1 American
[dohl]
/ doʊl /
noun
DOL
2
American
dol.
3
American
abbreviation
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Music. dolce.
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dollar.
dol.
1
British
abbreviation
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music dolce
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dollar
dol
2
British
/ dɒl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of dol
1945–50; < Latin dol ( or ) pain
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The U.S. will therefore swap its borrowed currency for dollars held by foreign countries that need hard currencies to pay off debts to the IMF but cannot use dol lars to do so.
From Time Magazine Archive
Apart from endorsing multilateral rather than bilateral programs of foreign aid, panelists failed to make clear how the billions of U.S. assistance dol lars might be most hopefully channeled into making weak economies more productive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Consumers and businessmen rushed to borrow, spend and invest, hustling to convert their cash into goods or services before the value of the dol lar declined still further.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today some U.S. officials believe that the banks shield dol lars that have evaded U.S. taxes and foreign aid funds diverted by grafters in underdeveloped nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Acc. gëbe zal vinster Gen. gëben zaln vinstern Dat. gëben zaln vinstern On the endings in nouns declined like zal, number, dol, pain, wal, choice, nar, food, schar, flock, and vinster, see § 9, 1, 2.
From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright
That the agency has been “treated like crap is an insult to generations of hardworking DOL employees, to American workers, to America,” Reich wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Their formal administrative hearing is scheduled for September, nearly five years after their DOL audit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
This call for DOL action has been echoed by U.S. shrimpers and trade groups, including the Southern Shrimp Alliance.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2024
The DOL also found managers were allowed to participate in a tip pool, which is against the law.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Hang thee, collier, And all thy pots, and pans, in picture, I will, Since thou hast moved me— DOL.
From The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
Each of these compartments has a door of its own leading into the "ruai," and these are taxed by Government at 1 dol. a door.
From On the Equator by Harry De Windt
For one day's entertainment at the Nautilus Hotel, 1 dol. 75c.
From A Journey to America in 1834 by Robert Heywood
The annual donation to the Baptist General Convention is 2,000 dol.; to the American Board of Foreign Missions, 2,200 dol.; to the Roman Catholic Church, 1,300 dol.; to the Methodist Episcopal Church, 400 dol.
From Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Tyrone Power
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