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Meaning of lot

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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"; "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" [syn: {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}]
      2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on
         the lake"
      3: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set
         goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {set}, {circle},
         {band}, {lot}]
      4: 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},
         {lot}, {circumstances}, {portion}]
      5: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
         "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: {draw},
         {lot}]
      6: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
         caboodle" [syn: {bunch}, {lot}, {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
      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"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
         {distribute}, {administer}, {mete out}, {deal}, {parcel out},
         {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out}, {dish out},
         {allot}, {dole out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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