lot (
http://definr.com/lot)
n 1: (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"; "it must
have cost plenty" [syn:
batch,
deal,
flock, {good
deal},
great deal,
hatful,
heap,
mass,
mess,
mickle,
mint,
muckle,
peck,
pile,
plenty,
pot, {quite
a little},
raft,
sight,
slew,
spate,
stack, {tidy
sum},
wad,
whole lot,
whole slew]
2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot
on the lake"
3: 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" [syn:
fortune,
destiny,
fate,
luck,
circumstances,
portion]
4: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
caboodle" [syn:
bunch,
caboodle]
5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn:
set,
circle,
band]
6: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn:
draw]
7: (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 [syn:
Lot]
v 1: divide into lots, as of land, for example
2: 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" [syn:
distribute,
administer, {mete
out},
deal,
parcel out,
dispense,
shell out, {deal
out},
dish out,
allot,
dole out]