lot

Nouns

• (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
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
  • it must have cost plenty
  • a slew of journalists
  • a wad of money
  good deal, great deal, hatful, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, batch, heap, mass, mountain, pile, plenty, raft, stack, wad, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight,
• (n) a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
  • he bought a lot on the lake
• (n) an unofficial association of people or groups
  • the smart set goes there
  • they were an angry lot
  band, circle, set,
• (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
  circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, portion,
• (n) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
  • the luck of the draw
  • they drew lots for it
  draw,
• (n) any collection in its entirety
  • she bought the whole caboodle
  caboodle, bunch,
• (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

Verbs

• (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
  • the machine dispenses soft drinks
  deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, administer, allot, deal,

Synonyms

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