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

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

Since this free dom lowers the bank's costs, it can pay perhaps 1% more interest on the dol lars deposited with it abroad than in the U.S., and it can offer loans at lower rates.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have been awarded approximately two million dol lars worth of Government contracts.

From Time Magazine Archive

The U.S. will therefore swap its borrowed currency for dollars held by foreign countries that need hard currencies to pay off debts to the IMF but cannot use dol lars to do so.

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)