dol

¹ American  

[dohl] / doʊl /

noun

1. a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.

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DOL ² American  

1. Department of Labor.

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dol. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Music. dolce.

2. dollar.

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dol. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. music dolce

2. dollar

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dol ² British  

/ dɒl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of dol

1945–50; < Latin dol ( or ) pain

Example Sentences

Until last July, Welfare laws refused even to recognize the psychological motive of incentive: every penny of every dol lar earned by a welfare recipient was deducted from his benefits.

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

On the Hardy-Wolff-Goodell scale, pain is measured in ten degrees of one "dol" each.

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

Menhir is derived from the Breton men, a stone, and hir, long; similarly dolmen is from dol, a table, and men, a stone.

From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)