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lot

noun
/lɒt/CA/lɔt//lɑt/US

Etymology

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.

  1. inherited from *hlutą✻
  2. inherited from *hlut✻
  3. inherited from hlot — “portion, choice, decision”
  4. inherited from lot

Definitions

  1. A large quantity or number

    A large quantity or number; a great deal.

    • 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.

  2. A separate, appropriated portion

    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.

  3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

    • This is an important lot. Very sorry, but we can't go on with the selling until we know more where we are.
  4. ›+ 15 more definitions

    1. A number of people taken collectively.

      • a sorry lot
      • a bad lot
      • you lot

    2. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

      • a building lot in a city
      • The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York

    3. That which happens without human design or forethought.

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

    4. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by…

      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 lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

    5. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.

      • O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
      • He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
      • […] as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.

    6. A prize in a lottery.

      • In the lottery[…] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40

    7. Allotment

      Allotment; lottery.

      • Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.

    8. All members of a set

      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.

    9. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined…

      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.

    10. To allot

      To allot; to sort; to apportion.

      • Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.

    11. To count or reckon (on or upon).

    12. A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.

    13. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin

      A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; rare today.

    14. A department of Occitania, France. Capital

      A department of Occitania, France. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46).

    15. A right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France, flowing through the departments of…

      A right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France, flowing through the departments of Lozère, Cantal, Aveyron, Lot and Lot-et-Garonne.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA