Lot

/lɒt/ · noun

Meaning

A large quantity or number; a great deal..

Definitions by Sense

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
2. A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.

Example Sentences

win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot

lots of people think so

He wrote to her […] he might be detained in London by a lot of business.

I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.

a lot of stationery

The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.

This is an important lot. Very sorry, but we can't go on with the selling until we know more where we are.

a sorry lot

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• lots
• lotting
• lotted

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