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Lot Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lot? [n] anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [n] any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [n] an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [n] a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake" [n] (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 [n] (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" [n] 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" [v] divide into lots, as of land, for example [v] 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 \| Synonyms for Lot: administer \| allot \| band \| batch \| bunch \| caboodle \| circle \| circumstances \| deal \| deal \| deal out \| destiny \| dish out \| dispense \| distribute \| dole out \| draw \| fate \| flock \| fortune \| good deal \| great deal \| hatful \| heap \| luck \| mass \| mess \| mete out \| mickle \| mint \| muckle \| parcel out \| peck \| pile \| plenty \| portion \| pot \| quite a little \| raft \| set \| shell out \| sight \| slew \| spate \| stack \| tidy sum \| wad \| whole lot \| whole slew Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lot: a mass of \| A to izzard \| A to Z \| a world of \| abundance \| accidentality \| acres \| actuarial calculation \| adventitiousness \| affluence \| aggregate \| aggregation \| all \| all and sundry \| 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grounds \| group \| grouping \| groupment \| grove \| gush \| hail \| half \| halver \| hap \| happenstance \| happy chance \| hassock \| heap \| heaps \| heedless hap \| helping \| hive \| holding \| holdings \| honor \| host \| how they fall \| hunk \| ides of March \| ilk \| indeterminacy \| indeterminateness \| inevitability \| interest \| jam \| kidney \| kin \| kind \| kismet \| knot \| kraal \| label \| land \| landed property \| lands \| landslide \| large amount \| lashings \| lavishness \| law of averages \| legion \| length and breadth \| liberality \| liberalness \| line \| loads \| location \| lots \| luck \| lump \| luxuriance \| make \| make assignments \| making \| manner \| manor \| many \| mark \| mark off \| mark out for \| mass \| masses of \| match coins \| maximum \| measure \| meed \| mess \| messuage \| mete out \| mint \| mob \| modality \| mode \| modicum \| moiety \| moira \| mold \| more than enough \| much \| muchness \| multiplicity \| multitude \| myriad \| myriads \| nature \| nest \| number \| numbers \| numerousness \| odd lot \| one and all \| oodles \| opportunity \| opulence \| opulency \| ordain \| outpouring \| overflow \| pack \| package \| package deal \| pale \| parcel \| parcel of land \| part \| pass \| patch \| peck \| percentage \| persuasion \| phylum \| pickle \| piece \| pile \| piles \| place \| planets \| plat \| play \| play at dice \| play the ponies \| plenitude \| plenteousness \| plentifulness \| plenty \| plight \| plot \| plot of ground \| plurality \| portion \| portion off \| position \| posture \| pot \| power \| praedium \| predestination \| predetermination \| predicament \| preference share \| prevalence \| principle of indeterminacy \| probability \| problematicness \| prodigality \| productiveness \| profuseness \| profusion \| property \| proportion \| push \| quad \| quadrangle \| quadrat \| quantities \| quantity \| quantum \| quite a few \| quite a little \| quota \| race \| raffle off \| raft \| rafts \| rake-off \| random sample \| rank \| ration \| real estate \| real property \| realty \| reckon on \| repleteness \| repletion \| reserve \| restrict \| restrict to \| rich harvest \| rich vein \| richness \| riot \| riotousness \| risk \| round lot \| rout \| ruck \| run \| run of luck \| scads \| schedule \| scores \| section \| segment \| serendipity \| set \| set apart \| set aside \| set off \| shape \| share \| shoal \| shock \| shoot craps \| shower \| sight \| situation \| slew \| slews \| slice \| small amount \| small share \| sort \| spate \| species \| speculate \| sport \| spot \| stack \| stacks \| stake \| stamp \| standing \| stars \| state \| station \| statistical probability \| status \| stock \| stockholding \| stockholdings \| stook \| strain \| stream \| stripe \| style \| substantiality \| substantialness \| sum \| superabundance \| swarm \| tag \| teemingness \| tenements \| the breaks \| the corpus \| the ensemble \| the entirety \| the like of \| the likes of \| the lot \| the whole \| the whole range \| theory of probability \| thicket \| throng \| tidy sum \| toft \| toss \| tract \| tribe \| trust in \| tuft \| tussock \| type \| uncertainty \| uncertainty principle \| unlucky day \| variety \| wad \| wads \| wealth \| weird \| whatever comes \| wheel of fortune \| whole slew \| will of Heaven \| wisp \| worlds of See Also \| accumulation \| aggregation \| apply \| assemblage \| assign \| bad luck \| building site \| camp \| car park \| car pool \| carve up \| clique \| cohort \| collection \| company \| condition \| confederacy \| conspiracy \| coterie \| deluge \| dissever \| divide \| failure \| flood \| Four Hundred \| give \| good fortune \| good luck \| Hebrew \| horsey set \| horsy set \| ill luck \| ingroup \| inner circle \| inundation \| Israelite \| jet set \| Jew \| large indefinite amount \| large indefinite quantity \| misfortune \| object \| pack \| parcel \| parcel of land \| park \| parking area \| parking lot \| party \| physical object \| piece of ground \| piece of land \| portion \| providence \| reallot \| separate \| social group \| split \| split up \| torrent \| tough luck \| tract \| vacant lot Lot In Webster's Dictionary \Lot\, n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle['o]tan to cast lots, OS. hl?t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l?z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot}, {Lotto}, {Lottery}.] 1. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate. But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay. --Spenser. 2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. --Prov. xvi. 33. If we draw lots, he speeds. --Shak. 3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning. O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's Enough to bear. --Milton. He was but born to try The lot of man -- to suffer and to die. --Pope. 4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot. I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. --Walpole. 5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city. The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York. --Kent. 6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so. [Colloq.] He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London by a lot of business. --W. Black. 7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] --Evelyn. {To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of. {To cast lots}, to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined. {To draw lots}, to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer. {To pay scot and lot}, to pay taxes according to one's ability. See {Scot}. \Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lotting}.] To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.] {To lot on} or {upon}, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]

Lot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lot?

[n] anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
[n] any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
[n] an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
[n] a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
[n] (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
[n] (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"
[n] 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"
[v] divide into lots, as of land, for example
[v] 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"

Lot In Webster's Dictionary

\Lot\, n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle['o]tan to cast lots, OS.
hl?t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l?z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott,
Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot}, {Lotto}, {Lottery}.]
1. That which happens without human design or forethought;
   chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

         But save my life, which lot before your foot doth
         lay.                                  --Spenser.

2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used
   in determining a question by chance, or without man's
   choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.

         The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole
         disposing thereof is of the Lord.     --Prov. xvi.
                                               33.

         If we draw lots, he speeds.           --Shak.

3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by
   chance, or without his planning.

         O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's Enough to
         bear.                                 --Milton.

         He was but born to try The lot of man -- to suffer
         and to die.                           --Pope.

4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively;
   as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of
   people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.

         I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English
         heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. --Walpole.

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a
   field; as, a building lot in a city.

         The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of
         New York.                             --Kent.

6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a
   lot of money; lots of people think so. [Colloq.]

         He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London
         by a lot of business.                 --W. Black.

7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

{To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.

{To cast lots}, to use or throw a die, or some other
   instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which,
   an event is by previous agreement determined.

{To draw lots}, to determine an event, or make a decision, by
   drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed
   from the drawer.

{To pay scot and lot}, to pay taxes according to one's
   ability. See {Scot}.


\Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lotting}.]
To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]

{To lot on} or {upon}, to count or reckon upon; to expect
   with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]

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