lot

lot
[[t]lɒt[/t]]
n. v. lot•ted, lot•ting
1) one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance
2) the casting or drawing of such objects:
to choose a person by lot[/ex]
3) the decision or choice made by such a method
4) allotted share; portion
5) fate; fortune; destiny:
Her lot was not a happy one[/ex]
6) a distinct piece of land:
a building lot[/ex]
7) a piece of land forming a part of a district, city, or other community
8) cvb a piece of land having a specified use:
a parking lot[/ex]
9) sbz a motion-picture studio and its surrounding property
10) a distinct parcel, as of merchandise:
furniture auctioned off in 20 lots[/ex]
11) a number of things or persons:
There's one more, and that's the lot[/ex]
12) kind; sort:
He's a bad lot[/ex]
13) a great many or a great deal:
a lot of books; lots of money[/ex]
14) to divide or distribute by lot
15) to divide, as land, into lots
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Etymology: bef. 950; ME; OE hlot, c. MD, MLG lot, ON hlutr lot′ter, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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