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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

To Dent's surprise, earth has somehow escaped destruction, but all the dol phins have mysteriously disappeared.

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

Agus is fhearr dhuit dol fo-chleith Do aite air leith tearruinnt' o'n eug.

From Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland