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doling

Variant of dole

noun

  1. a giving out of money or food to those in great need; relief
  2. that which is thus given out
  3. anything given out sparingly
  4. a form of payment by a government to the unemployed, as in England: usually preceded by the
  5. Archaic one's destiny or lot

transitive verb doled, doling

to give sparingly or as a dole: usually with out

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