lot
Other forms: lots; lotted; lotting
A lot is a plot of land. When you buy a house, you also buy the lot on which it sits.
If there's an empty lot in your neighborhood, it means there's a space covered with grass or pavement that's large enough for a house or building to fit there. Another kind of lot is a set or group of items. At an auction or estate sale, you might find a lot of antique silver spoons for sale, or a lot of comic books — in either case, the lot is a collection.
Definitions of lot
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anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at randomsynonyms: draw
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)“has a happy lot”types:providencea manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creaturesfailurelack of successweaknessthe condition of being financially weakhard cheesebad luckbankruptcya state of complete lack of some abstract propertybank failurethe inability of a bank to meet its credit obligationscrop failurethe failure of crops to produce a marketable surplusdead ducksomething doomed to failuretype of:conditiona mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
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any collection in its entiretytype of:accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collectionseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent“a lot of money”synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadtypes:haymowa mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservationtype of:large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantityan indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
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a parcel of land having fixed boundaries“he bought a lot on the lake”types:sandlota vacant lot used by city boys to play gamesused-car lota parking lot where a dealer in used-cars displays cars for saletype of:
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divide into lots, as of land, for example
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administer or bestow, as in small portionssynonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, mete, mete out, parcel out, shell outtypes:reallotallot againdealdistribute cards to the players in a gameallow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set asidegive or assign a resource to a particular person or causemisdealdeal cards wronglytreadapply (the tread) to a tireadministerperform (a church sacrament) rituallytype of:givetransfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
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an unofficial association of people or groups“they were an angry lot”types:car pool, carpoola small group of car drivers who arrange to take turns driving while the others are passengerscamp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, packan exclusive circle of people with a common purposecohorta band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)confederacy, conspiracya group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purposeFour Hundredthe exclusive social set of a cityhorsey set, horsy seta set of people sharing a devotion to horses and horseback riding and horse racingjet seta set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasureBloomsbury Groupan inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestylesbohemiaa group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life styleloopan inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)fatigue partya group of soldiers on fatigue dutylanding partya part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashorerescue partya party of rescuerssearch partya party of people to search for someonestretcher partya party of people with stretchers to carry an injured personwar partya band of warriors who raid or fight an enemy (used especially of Native Americans)hard corethe most dedicated and intensely loyal nucleus of a group or movementtype of:social grouppeople sharing some social relation
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