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Lot
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- 1 A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.
"And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came."
- 2 A department of Occitania, France. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46). error-lua-exec
- 3 A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; rare today.
- 4 A right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France, flowing through the departments of Lozère, Cantal, Aveyron, Lot and Lot-et-Garonne. error-lua-exec
- 1 A large quantity or number; a great deal.
"win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot"
- 2 anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random wordnet
- 3 A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
"a lot of stationery"
- 4 any collection in its entirety wordnet
- 5 One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
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- 6 an unofficial association of people or groups wordnet
- 7 A number of people taken collectively. informal
"a sorry lot"
- 8 a parcel of land having fixed boundaries wordnet
- 9 A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
"a building lot in a city"
- 10 (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
- 11 That which happens without human design or forethought.
"But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay."
- 12 your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) wordnet
- 13 Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
"to cast lots"
- 14 The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
"O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear."
- 15 A prize in a lottery.
"In the lottery[…] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40"
- 16 Allotment; lottery.
"Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit."
- 17 All members of a set; everything. definite
"The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot."
- 18 An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound. historical
- 1 To allot; to sort; to apportion. dated, transitive
"Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money."
- 2 administer or bestow, as in small portions wordnet
- 3 To count or reckon (on or upon). US, dated, informal
- 4 divide into lots, as of land, for example wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.
From Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lut.
Borrowed from French Lot.
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