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lot (lŏt)

[Middle English, from Old English hlot.]

noun 

  1. Informal
    1. A large extent, amount, or number. Often used in the plural: is in a lot of trouble; has lots of friends.
    2. Used adverbially with a or in the plural to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”: felt a lot better; ran lots faster; doesn't go out a whole lot; has seen her lots lately.
    1. A piece of land having specific boundaries, especially one constituting a part of a city, town, or block.
    2. A piece of land used for a given purpose: a parking lot.
    1. The complete grounds of a film studio.
    2. The outdoor area of a film studio.
  4. An object used in making a determination or choice at random: casting lots.
    1. The use of objects in making a determination or choice at random: chosen by lot.
    2. The determination or choice so made.
  6. Something that befalls one because of or as if because of determination by lot.
  7. One's fortune in life; fate.
  8. A number of associated people or things: placating an angry lot of tenants; kids who made a noisy lot.
  9. Kind; type: That dog is a contented lot.
  10. Miscellaneous articles sold as one unit.

transitive verb: lot·ted, lot·ting, lots. 

  1. To apportion by lots; allot.
  2. To divide (land) into lots.
Lot1 (lŏt)

 

In the Bible, Abraham's nephew, whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back as they fled Sodom.
Lot2 (lŏt, lôt)

 

A river of southern France rising in the Cévennes and flowing about 483 km (300 mi) westward to the Garonne River.