dolenoun
After the mines closed, my uncle spent the next ten years on the dole.
Even though he was a graduate, he took a cleaning job rather than stay on the dole.
Darren's career has had its ups and downs, and at one stage he was on the dole.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Social security & state benefits
AFDC
anti-welfare
basic income
be on reliefidiom
benefit
family allowance
family credit
giro
housing benefit
income support
means test
sign (something) off
social security
social welfare
UBI
unemployment
unemployment benefit
universal basic income
welfare
welfare state
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