BATCH

[noun] [C] - a group of things or people dealt with at the same time or considered similar in typeThe travel agent gave us a batch of holiday leaflets and brochures.The cook brought in a fresh batch of homemade cakes.We looked at the job applications in two batches.The latest batch of economic statistics underlines fears that domestic demand is too strong.If you batch-bake you make a large number of cakes at the same time, esp. to freeze some for future use.Batch processing is when a computer does several jobs, one after the other.