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1: an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance2 a: the use of lots as a means of deciding something b: the resulting choice3 a: something that comes to one upon whom a lot has fallen : share b: one's way of life or worldly fate : fortune4 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
, sort7: a considerable quantity or extent <a lot of money> <lots of friends>
synonyms see fate
— 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
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