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 supply from the U.S. had been cut because of Britain's shortage of dol lars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since this free dom lowers the bank's costs, it can pay perhaps 1% more interest on the dol lars deposited with it abroad than in the U.S., and it can offer loans at lower rates.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
When the U.S. ran out of silver dol lars a year and a half ago, it meant only one thing for Nevada's gambling casinos: snake eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
French antiquarians, taking dol or tôl as a corruption of tabula, use dolman in the sense of table-stones, and as synonymous with cromlech, while they frequently use cromlech in the sense of stone circles.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
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
In February 2023, DOL dunned the farm $70,049.93 in penalties and back wages.
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
If not, I hope that I will be waiting in a long DOL line in 2026 to get the pickleball specialty plate approved.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
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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