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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Disciarem lu dol, Cantarem anb' alagria, Y n'arem a dá Las pascuas a Maria.

From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by Bryant, William Cullen