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

But auto salesmen, who are still in the midst of winter dol drums, are beginning to wonder.

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

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.

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

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"But what were you doing in the dol grass, you and your big Mother?" asked Bagh.

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