have a lot in common

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

: the use of lots as a means of deciding something

: the resulting choice

: allot, apportion

: to form or divide into lots

: 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

: of or relating to a community at large : public

: known to the community

: belonging to or shared by two or more individuals or things or by all members of a group

: the common people

: a dining hall

: the political group or estate comprising the commoners