batch /bætʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: From an unrecorded Old English bæcce 'something baked' , from bacan ; ⇨ ↑ bake ]
1 . a group of people or things that arrive or are dealt with together
batch of
Every day another batch of papers reaches the manager, demanding his attention.
2 . a quantity of food, medicine etc that is produced or prepared at the same time
batch of
She was in the kitchen taking a batch of bread out of the oven.
3 . a set of jobs that are dealt with together on a computer:
an overnight batch file
a batch job