Lot

win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot

lots of people think so

He wrote to her […] he might be detained in London by a lot of business.

I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.

a lot of stationery

The Lord divided the land to the tribes, each according to his lot.

a sorry lot

a building lot in a city

The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York

But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.

to cast lots

to draw lots

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

If we draw lots, he speeds.

O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.

He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.

[…] as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

In the lottery[…] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40

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.

The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.

If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.

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.

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.