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dol

1 American  
[dohl] / doʊl /

noun

  1. a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.

DOL 2 American  

  1. Department of Labor.

dol. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Music. dolce.

  2. dollar.

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

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Today some U.S. officials believe that the banks shield dol lars that have evaded U.S. taxes and foreign aid funds diverted by grafters in underdeveloped nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tol de rol: Diddle doll: Tol de rol, de dol, Diddle doll Tol de rol doll.

From The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens by Dickens, Charles

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