dole1
  
  n.
  - 
(often in phr. on the dole)
 Brit. informal benefit paid by the state to the unemployed. ▸dated a charitable gift. 
- literary a person's lot or destiny.
v.
 
(
dole something out)
 distribute something.
Etymology
  OE dāl ‘division, portion, or share’, of Gmc origin; rel. to deal1.
 
  
    
dole2
  
  n.
 archaic or 
literary sorrow; mourning.
Etymology
  ME: from OFr. doel ‘mourning’, from pop. L. dolus, from L. dolere ‘grieve’.