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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lot \Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Lotting}.]
     To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {To lot on} or {To lot upon}, to count or reckon upon; to


        expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lot
       n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
            "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
            money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must
            have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
            deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle},
             {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite
            a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
            sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
       2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot
          on the lake"
       3: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including
          everything that happens to you); "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" [syn: {fortune}, {destiny}, {fate},
          {luck}, {circumstances}, {portion}]
       4: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
          caboodle" [syn: {bunch}, {caboodle}]
       5: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
          set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {set}, {circle},
           {band}]
       6: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
          "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: {draw}]
       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
       v 1: divide into lots, as of land, for example
       2: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
          critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
          money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
          blow to someone" [syn: {distribute}, {administer}, {mete
          out}, {deal}, {parcel out}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal
          out}, {dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
       [also: {lotting}, {lotted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lotted
       See {lot}

















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