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Words with a similar base: allot, lot

'lot'

[batch.n.02] as in: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Examples:
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

'lot'

[lot.n.02] as in: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries

Examples:
he bought a lot on the lake

'lot'

[set.n.05] as in: an unofficial association of people or groups

Examples:
the smart set goes there
they were an angry lot

'lot'

[fortune.n.04] as in: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

Examples:
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

'lot'

[draw.n.04] as in: anything (straws or pebbles etc.)

taken or chosen at random

Examples:
the luck of the draw
they drew lots for it

'lot'

[bunch.n.03] as in: any collection in its entirety

Examples:
she bought the whole caboodle

'lot'

[lot.n.07] as in: (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

'lot'

[lot.v.01] as in: divide into lots, as of land, for example

'lot'

[distribute.v.01] as in: administer or bestow, as in small portions

Examples:
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

Origins

					lot (English)
└── hlot (Old English (ca. 450-1100))