lot

English

/lɒt/, /lɑt/, /lɔt/

noun
Definitions
  • A large quantity or number; a great deal.
  • A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
  • One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
  • (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
  • A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
  • That which happens without human design or forethought.
  • Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
  • The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
  • A prize in a lottery.
  • Allotment; lottery.
  • (definite) All members of a set; everything.
  • (historic) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lot inherited from Old English hlot (portion, decision, choice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlutą (lot, share, fate).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hlutą

Gloss

lot, share, fate

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