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

The supply from the U.S. had been cut because of Britain's shortage of dol lars.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

Because the dol lars are outside the U.S., the bank is free from Federal Reserve rules that require it to keep as much as 16.25% of its U.S. demand deposits frozen rather than loaned out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Menhir is derived from the Breton men, a stone, and hir, long; similarly dolmen is from dol, a table, and men, a stone.

From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)