lot

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Noun

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
2. A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. {{senseid|en|people}} {{lb|en|informal}} A number of people taken collectively.
5. A distinct portion or {{l|en|plot}} of land, usually smaller than a field.
6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
7. {{senseid|en|object used for sortition}} Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
9. A prize in a lottery.
10. [[allotment|Allotment]]; [[lottery]].
11. {{lb|en|definite|'''the lot'''}} All members of a set; [[everything]].
12. {{lb|en|historic}} An old [[unit]] of [[weight]] used in many [[European]] countries from the [[Middle Ages]], often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) [[pound]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To [[allot]]; to [[sort]]; to [[apportion]].
2. {{lb|en|US|informal|dated}} To [[count on|count]] or [[reckon on|reckon]] (''on'' or ''upon'').

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