lot.
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Meaning & usage
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot
lots of people think so
A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
a lot of stationery
The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
A number of people taken collectively.
a sorry lot
a bad lot
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
a building lot in a city
That which happens without human design or forethought.
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
to cast lots
to draw lots
The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
A prize in a lottery.
Allotment; lottery.
All members of a set; everything.
The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
To count or reckon (on or upon).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
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