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DOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does DoL mean? 

DOL (noun)
  The noun DOL has 2 senses:

1. a unit of pain intensityplay

2. the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913play

  Familiarity information: DOL used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of pain intensity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dol" is a kind of...):

pain unit (a unit measuring the intensity of pain)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Department of Labor; DoL; Labor; Labor Department

Hypernyms ("DoL" is a kind of...):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "DoL"):

Occupational Safety and Health Administration; OSHA (a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment)


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