Tra từ dole - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dole [dole doles doled doling] noun, verb BrE [dəʊl] NAmE [doʊl]
noun singular (usually the dole) (BrE, informal)
money paid by the state to unemployed people
•He's been on the dole (= without a job) for a year.
•The government is changing the rules for claiming dole.
•lengthening dole queues
•We could all be in the dole queue on Monday (= have lost our jobs).

Word Origin:
Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑deal. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th cent.

Collocations:
Unemployment
Losing your job
lose your job
(BrE) become/be made redundant
be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
face/be threatened with dismissal/(BrE) the sack/(BrE) compulsory redundancy
dismiss/fire/ (especially BrE) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
lay off staff/workers/employees
(AustralE, NZE, SAfrE) retrench workers
cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
(BrE) make staff/workers/employees redundant
Being unemployed
be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
seek/look for work/employment
be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both BrE) unemployment benefit/jobseeker's allowance
be/go/live/sign (BrE, informal) on the dole
claim/draw/get (BrE, informal) the dole
be on/qualify for (NAmE) unemployment (compensation)
be/go/live/depend (NAmE) on welfare
collect/receive (NAmE) welfare
combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment

Example Bank:
•Many had come off the dole and set up their own small businesses.
•School leavers were joining the dole queue every day.
•She lost her job and had to claim dole.
•She was on the dole for three years before she got a job.
•The factory closure will mean another few hundred people drawing the dole.
Derived: ↑dole something out

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Word Origin:
Old English dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑deal. The sense ‘distribution of charitable gifts’ dates from Middle English; the sense ‘unemployment benefit’ dates from the early 20th cent.