3 definitions found 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]: lotting See {lot}
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