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Definition of 'lot' Noun
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
Synonyms: batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap mass mess mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew - a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
Synonyms: fortune destiny fate luck circumstances portion - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
Synonyms: bunch caboodle - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
Synonyms: set circle band - anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
Synonyms: draw - (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
Verb
- divide into lots, as of land, for example
- administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"
Synonyms: distribute administer mete out deal parcel out dispense shell out deal out dish out allot dole out
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