definition of
lot

[1] #1 lot n. [batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] (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"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew. wn

[2] #2 lot n. a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake". wn

[3] #3 lot n. [set, circle, band] an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot". wn

[4] #4 lot n. [fortune, destiny, fate, luck, circumstances, portion] 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". wn

[5] #5 lot n. [draw] anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it". wn