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Lot
noun 1.(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: 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. "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" 2.A parcel of land having fixed boundaries. 3.An unofficial association of people or groups. Synonyms: band, circle, set. "They were an angry lot" 4.Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion. "Deserved a better fate" , "Has a happy lot" , "The luck of the Irish" , "A victim of circumstances" , "Success that was her portion" 5.Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random. Synonym: draw. "They drew lots for it" 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. verb (past & past part. lotted; pres. part. lotting) 1.Divide into lots, as of land, for example. 2.Administer or bestow, as in small portions. Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out. "Dole out some money" , "Shell out pocket money for the children" , "Deal a blow to someone" , "The machine dispenses soft drinks"
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