lot /lot/ noun- An object, such as a slip of wood or a straw, drawn or thrown out from among a number in order to reach a decision by chance
- Decision by this method
- Sortilege or divination
- A prize won through divination
- Destiny
- That which falls to anyone as his or her fortune
- A separate portion
- A patch of ground
- A set
- A set of things offered together for sale
- The whole
- A great deal, large amount
- A plot of ground allotted or assigned to any person or purpose, esp for building
- The area around a film studio used for outside filming
- A turn (obsolete)
- A tax or due (historical; see scot)
- A large quantity or number
- A batch of horses grouped for daily exercise (horse-racing)
transitive verb (lottˈing; lottˈed)- To allot
- To separate into lots
- To divide (a property) into lots, esp for selling purposes
- To cast lots for (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE hlot lot, from hlēotan to cast lots lots noun A large amount adverb By a great deal, as in lots better a bad lot An unscrupulous person with a bad reputation across lots (US) By short cuts cast or throw in one's lot with To choose to share the fortunes of cast or draw lots (of two or more people) to draw from a set of different but unseen or superficially indistinguishable objects as a means of singling out one person lots of (informal) Many lots to blanks (Shakespeare) Any odds the lot The entire number or amount |