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dol

1 American  
[dohl] / doʊl /

noun

  1. a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.


DOL 2 American  
dol. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Music. dolce.

  2. dollar.


dol. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. music dolce

  2. dollar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dol 2 British  
/ dɒl /

noun

  1. a unit of pain intensity, as measured by dolorimetry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dol

1945–50; < Latin dol ( or ) pain

Example Sentences

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Because the dol lars are outside the U.S., the bank is free from Federal Reserve rules that require it to keep as much as 16.25% of its U.S. demand deposits frozen rather than loaned out.

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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.

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We have been awarded approximately two million dol lars worth of Government contracts.

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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.

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"But what were you doing in the dol field, Grunter?" queried Cobra; "that's what Bagh wants to know."

From The Sa'-Zada Tales by Fraser, William Alexander

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