LOT

draw, lot

(noun) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; “the luck of the draw”; “they drew lots for it”

bunch, lot, caboodle

(noun) any collection in its entirety; “she bought the whole caboodle”

set, circle, band, lot

(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”

lot

(noun) a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; “he bought a lot on the lake”

Lot

(noun) (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

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

(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”; “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”

fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion

(noun) 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”

distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out

(verb) 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”

lot

(verb) divide into lots, as of land, for example

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Lot

A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.

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

One of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 46)

Anagrams

• LTO, OTL, tol, tol'

Etymology

Noun

lot (plural lots)

A large quantity or number; a great deal.

Synonyms: load, mass, pile

A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

Synonyms: batch, collection, group, set

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

(informal) A number of people taken collectively.

Synonyms: crowd, gang, group

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

Synonyms: allotment, parcel, plot

That which happens without human design or forethought.

Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

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

A prize in a lottery.

Synonym: prize

Allotment; lottery.

(definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.

(historic) 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.

Synonyms

• See also lot

Verb

lot (third-person singular simple present lots, present participle lotting, simple past and past participle lotted)

(transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.

(US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

Anagrams

• LTO, OTL, tol, tol'

Source: Wiktionary


Lot, n. Etym: [AS. hlot; akin to hleĂłtan to cast lots, OS. hl lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l, 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.]

Definition: To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.] To lot on or upon, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

29 March 2024

FAULTFINDING

(adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; “a counselor tries not to be faultfinding”


Do you know this game?

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins