lot

Meanings

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • "a lot of money"
• a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
  • "he bought a lot on the lake"
• an unofficial association of people or groups
  • "they were an angry lot"
• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  • "has a happy lot"
• anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
  • "they drew lots for it"
• any collection in its entirety
• (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
• divide into lots, as of land, for example
• administer or bestow, as in small portions

Synonyms

administer, allot, band, batch, bunch, caboodle, circle, circumstances, deal, deal out, destiny, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, draw, fate, flock, fortune, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, luck, mass, mess, mete out, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, parcel out, passel, peck, pile, plenty, portion, pot, quite a little, raft, set, shell out, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad