Definition of "lot"
- noun
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
A number of people taken collectively.
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
A prize in a lottery.
Allotment; lottery.
All members of a set; everything.
An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
- verb
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
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