dole
noun
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
had doled
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past perfectof dole.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Target said on Wednesday that inventory in the first quarter was 16% lower and it had doled out fewer clearance discounts.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2023
By the end of October, the state had doled out only about $40 million, reaching 15,000 of the nearly 100,000 people looking for help.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
For nearly a quarter of a century, he had been replaying the counsel she had doled out during his basketball days at Loyola-Chicago.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
Justice Department that it had doled out nearly $800 million in bribes to Latin American officials in exchange for infrastructure contracts.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2019
Of course, all that the parish authorities had doled out to these poor-rich men was duly repaid by their executors.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
