[lot] n [ME, fr. OE hlot; akin to OHG hloz] (bef. 12c) 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
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--used with the
6. a: a number of associated persons: set b: kind, sort 7: a considerable quantity or extent "a ~ of money" "~s of friends" syn see fate -- a lot 1: to a considerable degree or extent "this is a lot nicer"
2: often, frequently "runs a lot every day"
3: lots
[2]lot vt lot.ted ; lot.ting (15c) 1: allot, apportion
2: to form or divide into lots Lot n [Heb 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