lot

¹lot

noun \ˈlät\

Definition of LOT

1

: an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance

2

a : the use of lots as a means of deciding something

b : the resulting choice

3

a : something that comes to one upon whom a lot has fallen : share

b : one's way of life or worldly fate : fortune

4

a : a portion of land

b : a measured parcel of land having fixed boundaries and designated on a plot or survey

c : a motion-picture studio and its adjoining property

d : an establishment for the storage or sale of motor vehicles <a used car lot>

5

a : a number of units of an article, a single article, or a parcel of articles offered as one item (as in an auction sale)

b : all the members of a present group, kind, or quantity —usually used with the <sampled the whole lot of desserts>

6

a : a number of associated persons : set <fell in with a rough lot>

b : kind, sort

7

: a considerable quantity or extent <a lot of money> <lots of friends>

— all over the lot

: covering a wide or varied range <received bids all over the lot>

— a lot

1

: to a considerable degree or extent <this is a lot nicer>

2

: often, frequently <runs a lot every day>

3

: lots

Examples of LOT

1. He bought the vacant lot across the street.
2. They own the house on the corner lot.
3. We took a tour of the Universal lot.
4. The organization has done much to improve the lot of underprivileged youth.
5. Unhappy with her lot in life, she moved to the city to start over.

Origin of LOT

Middle English, from Old English hlot; akin to Old High German hlōz

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to LOT

Synonyms

parcel, plat, plot, property, tract

Antonyms

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace

Related Words

patch; frontage; lease; development; real estate

Near Antonyms

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit; smatter, smattering; dash, drop, morsel, shot; piece, portion, section; absence, dearth, famine, lack, paucity, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want; deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness

See Synonym Discussion at fate

Rhymes with LOT

aught, baht, blot, bot, clot, cot, dot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lotte, Mott, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht

²lot

transitive verb

lot·tedlot·ting

Definition of LOT

1

: allot, apportion

2

: to form or divide into lots

Examples of LOT

1. <everyone is lotted opportunities in life, and it's their responsibility to take them>

First Known Use of LOT

15th century

Related to LOT

Synonyms

allocate, allow, apportion, assign, distribute, allot, ration

Related Words

admeasure, administer, deal, dispense, divide, dole out, hand out, measure, mete (out), meter, parcel (out), part, portion, prorate, share (out), split; accord, award, give, grant; earmark, reserve; chip in, contribute, donate; reallocate, reapportion, reassign, redistribute

Near Antonyms

begrudge, deny, deprive (of); keep, retain, stint, withhold; appropriate, arrogate, confiscate

Lot

noun \ˈlät\

Definition of LOT

: a nephew of Abraham who according to the account in Genesis escaped from the doomed city of Sodom with his wife who turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back

Origin of LOT

Hebrew Lōṭ

First Known Use: circa 1534

Lot

geographical name \ˈlät, ˈlȯt\

Definition of LOT

river 300 miles (483 kilometers) S France flowing W into the Garonne