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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOT, n.
1. That which, in human speech, is called chance, hazard, fortune; but in strictness of language, is the determination of Providence; as, the land shall be divided by lot. Numbers 26.
2. That by which the fate or portion of one is determined; that by which an event is committed to chance, that is, to the determination of Providence; as, to cast lots; to draw lots.
The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16.
3. The part, division or fate which falls to one by chance, that is, by divine determination.
The second lot came forth to Simeon. Josh 19.
He was but born to try the lot of man, to suffer and to die.
4. A distinct portion or parcel; as a lot of goods; a lot of boards.
5. Proportion or share of taxes; as, to pay scot and lot.
6. In the United States, a piece or division of land; perhaps originally assigned by drawing lots, but now any portion, piece or division. So we say, a man has a lot of land in Broadway, or in the meadow; he has a lot in the plain, or on the mountain; he has a home-lot, a house-lot, a wood-lot.
The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York.
To cast lots, is to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined.
To draw lots, to determine an event by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer, and thus determining an event.
LOT, v.t. To allot; to assign; to distribute; to sort; to catalogue; to portion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
3: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle, band, lot]
4: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
5: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: draw, lot]
6: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" [syn: bunch, lot, caboodle]
7: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction v
1: divide into lots, as of land, for example
2: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Hebrew L?? Date: circa 1534 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 II. geographical name river 300 miles (483 kilometers) S France flowing W into the Garonne

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlot; akin to Old High German hl?z Date: before 12th century 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 d. an establishment for the storage or sale of motor vehicles <a used car lot> 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 — usually used with the <sampled the whole lot of desserts> 6. a. a number of associated persons ; set <fell in with a rough lot> b. kind, sort 7. a considerable quantity or extent <a lot of money> <lots of friends> Synonyms: see fate II. transitive verb (lotted; lotting) Date: 15th century 1. allot, apportion 2. to form or divide into lots

U.S. Military Dictionary

Specifically, a quantity of material all of which was manufactured under identical conditions and assigned an identifying lot number.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 colloq. (prec. by a or in pl.) a a large number or amount (a lot of people; lots of chocolate). b colloq. much (a lot warmer; smiles a lot; is lots better). 2 a each of a set of objects used in making a chance selection. b this method of deciding (chosen by lot). 3 a share, or the responsibility resulting from it. 4 a person's destiny, fortune, or condition. 5 esp. US a plot; an allotment of land (parking lot). 6 an article or set of articles for sale at an auction etc. 7 a number or quantity of associated persons or things. --v.tr. (lotted, lotting) divide into lots. Phrases and idioms: bad lot a person of bad character. cast (or draw) lots decide by means of lots. throw in one's lot with decide to share the fortunes of. the (or the whole) lot the whole number or quantity. a whole lot colloq. very much (is a whole lot better). Etymology: OE hlot portion, choice f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lot Lot, n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle['o]tan to cast lots, OS. hl?t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l?z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery.] 1. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate. But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay. --Spenser. 2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. --Prov. xvi. 33. If we draw lots, he speeds. --Shak. 3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning. O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's Enough to bear. --Milton. He was but born to try The lot of man -- to suffer and to die. --Pope. 4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot. I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. --Walpole. 5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city. The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York. --Kent. 6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so. [Colloq.] He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London by a lot of business. --W. Black. 7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] --Evelyn. To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. To cast lots, to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined. To draw lots, to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer. To pay scot and lot, to pay taxes according to one's ability. See Scot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lot Lot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lotting.] To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.] To lot on or upon, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lots) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A lot of something or lots of it is a large amount of it. A lot of people or things, or lots of them, is a large number of them. A lot of our land is used to grow crops for export... I remember a lot of things... 'You'll find that everybody will try and help their colleague.'—'Yeah. There's a lot of that.'... He drank lots of milk... A lot of the play is very funny. QUANT: QUANT of n • Lot is also a pronoun. There's lots going on at Selfridges this month... I learned a lot from him about how to run a band... I know a lot has been said about my sister's role in my career. PRON 2. A lot means to a great extent or degree. Matthew's out quite a lot doing his research... I like you, a lot... If I went out and accepted a job at a lot less money, I'd jeopardize a good career. ADV: ADV after v, oft ADV compar 3. If you do something a lot, you do it often or for a long time. They went out a lot, to the Cafe Royal or the The Ivy... He talks a lot about his own children. ADV: ADV after v 4. You can use lot to refer to a set or group of things or people. He bought two lots of 1,000 shares in the company during August and September... We've just sacked one lot of builders. N-COUNT: num N, oft N of n 5. You can refer to a specific group of people as a particular lot. (INFORMAL) Future generations are going to think that we were a pretty boring lot. = bunch N-SING: adj N 6. You can use the lot to refer to the whole of an amount that you have just mentioned. (INFORMAL) Instead of using the money to pay his rent, he went to a betting shop and lost the lot in half an hour. N-SING: the N 7. Your lot is the kind of life you have or the things that you have or experience. She tried to accept her marriage as her lot in life but could not... N-SING: usu with poss 8. A lot is a small area of land that belongs to a person or company. (AM) If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights. N-COUNT see also parking lot 9. A lot in an auction is one of the objects or groups of objects that are being sold. The receivers are keen to sell the stores as one lot... N-COUNT 10. If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen. For the first time in a World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third. PHRASE: V inflects 11. If you throw in your lot with a particular person or group, you decide to work with them and support them from then on, whatever happens. He has decided to throw in his lot with the far-right groups in parliament. = join forces with PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n

Hitchcock Bible Dictionary

Lotan, wrapt up; hidden; covered; myrrh; rosin

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. goral, a "pebble"), a small stone used in casting lots (Num. 33:54; Jonah 1:7). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with strictest reference to the interposition of God, and as a method of ascertaining the divine will (Prov. 16:33), and in serious cases of doubt (Esther 3:7). Thus the lot was used at the division of the land of Canaan among the serveral tribes (Num. 26:55; 34:13), at the detection of Achan (Josh. 7:14, 18), the election of Saul to be king (1 Sam. 10:20, 21), the distribution of the priestly offices of the temple service (1 Chr. 24:3, 5, 19; Luke 1:9), and over the two goats at the feast of Atonement (Lev. 16:8). Matthias, who was "numbered with the eleven" (Acts 1:24-26), was chosen by lot.

This word also denotes a portion or an inheritance (Josh. 15:1; Ps. 125:3; Isa. 17:4), and a destiny, as assigned by God (Ps. 16:5; Dan. 12:13).

Lot, (Heb. lot), a covering; veil, the son of Haran, and nephew of Abraham (Gen. 11:27). On the death of his father, he was left in charge of his grandfather Terah (31), after whose death he accompanied his uncle Abraham into Canaan (12:5), thence into Egypt (10), and back again to Canaan (13:1). After this he separated from him and settled in Sodom (13:5-13). There his righteous soul was "vexed" from day to day (2 Pet. 2:7), and he had great cause to regret this act. Not many years after the separation he was taken captive by Chedorlaomer, and was rescued by Abraham (Gen. 14). At length, when the judgment of God descended on the guilty cities of the plain (Gen. 19:1-20), Lot was miraculously delivered. When fleeing from the doomed city his wife "looked back from behind him, and became a pillar of salt." There is to this day a peculiar crag at the south end of the Dead Sea, near Kumran, which the Arabs call Bint Sheik Lot, i.e., Lot's wife. It is "a tall, isolated needle of rock, which really does bear a curious resemblance to an Arab woman with a child upon her shoulder." From the words of warning in Luke 17:32, "Remember Lot's wife," it would seem as if she had gone back, or tarried so long behind in the desire to save some of her goods, that she became involved in the destruction which fell on the city, and became a stiffened corpse, fixed for a time in the saline incrustations. She became "a pillar of salt", i.e., as some think, of asphalt. (See SALT.)

Lot and his daughters sought refuge first in Zoar, and then, fearing to remain there longer, retired to a cave in the neighbouring mountains (Gen. 19:30). Lot has recently been connected with the people called on the Egyptian monuments Rotanu or Lotanu, who is supposed to have been the hero of the Edomite tribe Lotan.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Destiny, doom, allotment, apportionment, fate. 2. Chance, hazard, fortune, hap, haphazard, accident, fate. 3. Portion, parcel, division, part. 4. Piece of land. 5. (Colloq.) Great quantity, great number. II. v. a. Allot, assign, distribute, sort, portion, catalogue.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	LOT
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	AGL
FAA District	CHI
State	IL
State	ILLINOIS
County	WILL
County State	IL
City Name	CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE
Full Name	LEWIS UNIVERSITY
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"ROMEOVILLE, IL 60446-7175"
Elevation	680
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	CHICAGO
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	20
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	SW
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	N
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	N
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	178
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	017
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	006
Based Helicopters	002
Air Taxi	004000
General Aviation, Local Operations	060000
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	040000
Latitude	41.6072522778
Longitude	-88.0962351389
State FIPS code	17
State Postal Code	IL
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	371
Version	09

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