lot

Noun
  1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (synset 113796604)
    "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"
    is a type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
    subtypes:
    same as: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
  2. A parcel of land having fixed boundaries (synset 108692708)
    "he bought a lot on the lake"
    is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
    subtypes:
  3. An unofficial association of people or groups (synset 108257090)
    "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
    is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
    subtypes:
    • car pool - a small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengers
    • camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
    • cohort - a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
    • confederacy, conspiracy - a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
    • four hundred - the exclusive social set of a city
    • horsey set, horsy set - a set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racing
    • jet set - a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure
    • company, party - a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
    same as: band, circle, set
  4. Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) (synset 114496806)
    "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"
    is a type of: condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
    subtypes:
    same as: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion
  5. Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random (synset 103238126)
    "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
    is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
    same as: draw
  6. Any collection in its entirety (synset 107971317)
    "she bought the whole caboodle"
    is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    same as: bunch, caboodle
  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 (synset 110293366)
    referred to in: old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
    is an instance of: hebrew, israelite, jew - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
Verb
  1. Divide into lots, as of land, for example (synset 202474388)
    is a type of: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up - separate into parts or portions
  2. Administer or bestow, as in small portions (synset 202299397)
    "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"
    is a type of: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
    subtypes:
    same as: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out

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