LOT

n. 1 collection, batch, consignment, assortment, group, portion, set, quantity, grouping, apportionment They are expecting a new lot of furniture this afternoon 2 luck, fortune, destiny, fate, kismet, plight, doom, end It seems to be my lot to stay in the same place all my life 3 lottery, drawing, raffle, drawing lots or straws The winner will be decided by lot 4 share, portion, division, interest, part, allotment, assignment, apportionment, ration, allowance Marguerite was bequeathed the house, while my lot included the paintings 5 a lot or lots. a a good or great deal You have a lot of nerve! I'd give a lot to be able to paint like you He got into a lot of trouble. b much, loads or a load, mountains or a mountain, tons or a ton, barrels or a barrel, stacks or a stack, piles or a pile, heaps or a heap, masses or a mass, oceans , Colloq oodles, scads, US gobs She has lots of money c many, myriad, numerous, countless, reams, infinite or an infinity, quantities or a quantity, enormous numbers or an enormous number, Colloq oodles, scads, loads, tons, masses, There are lots of fish in the sea 6 the lot. everything, Colloq the whole kit and caboodle, all I'll give you a fiver for the lot