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   lot

   /lɒt/

   pronoun

   • 1. a large number or amount; a great deal: "there are a lot of actors in the cast"
   • ▪ the whole number or quantity that is involved or implied: "you might as well take the whole lot"

   adverb

   • 1. a great deal; much: "he played tennis a lot last year"

   noun

   • 1. a particular group or set of people or things: informal "it's just one lot of rich people stealing from another" Similar groupsetcrowdcirclecliquebunchbandgangcrewmobpackcompanyinformal:shower
   • ▪ a group of a specified kind (used in a derogatory or dismissive way): British "an inefficient lot, our Council"
   • 2. an item or set of items for sale at an auction: "nineteen lots failed to sell" Similar batchsetcollectionloadgroupbundlebunchconsignmentquantityassortmentparcelaggregate
   • 3. the making of a decision by random selection, especially by a method involving the choice of one from a number of pieces of folded paper, one of which has a concealed mark: "officers were elected rather than selected by lot"
   • ▪ one of a set of objects such as straws, stones, or pieces of paper that are randomly selected as part of a decision-making process: "they drew lots to determine the order in which they asked questions"
   • ▪ the choice resulting from deciding something by lot: "eventually the lot fell on the King's daughter"
   • 4. a person's luck, situation, or destiny in life: "schemes to improve the lot of the disadvantaged" Similar fatedestinyfortunedoomsituationcircumstancesstateconditionpositionplightpredicament
   • 5. a plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use: North American "a vacant lot" Similar patch of groundtract of landallotmentpiece of groundplotareatractacreageparcelbuilding lotplat
   • ▪ a car park.
   • ▪ an area of land near a film studio where outside filming may be done.
   • ▪ the area at a car dealership where cars for sale are kept.

   verb

   • 1. divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction: "the contents have already been lotted up, and the auction takes place on Monday"

   Word Origin Old Englishhlot (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lot, German Los. The original meanings were lot (sense 3 of the noun) and (by extension) the sense ‘a portion assigned to someone’; the latter gave rise to the other noun senses. The pronoun and adverb uses date from the early 19th century.

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