[batch] n [ME bache; akin to OE bacan to bake] (15c) 1: the quantity baked at one time: baking
2. a: the quantity of material prepared or required for one operation; specif: a mixture of raw materials ready for fusion into glass b: the quantity produced at one operation c: a group of jobs (as programs) which are submitted for processing on a computer and whose results are obtained at a later time "~ processing"--compare time-sharing
3: a quantity (as of persons or things) considered as a group
[2]batch vt (1876): to bring together or process as a batch -- batch.er n [3]batch var of bach