<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.</li><li>a dealing out or distributing, especially in charity.</li><li>a form of payment to the unemployed instituted by the British government in 1918.</li><li>any similar payment by a government to an unemployed person.</li><li>Archaic. one's fate or destiny.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to distribute in charity.</li><li>to give out sparingly or in small quantities (usually followed by out): The last of the water was doled out to the thirsty crew.</li></ul>