LOT DEFINITIONS - 19 definitions found
lot 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] lot - zekal lot olt tol lot lɔt See: A LOT, CAST ONE'S LOT WITH, SAND LOT, THINK A GREAT DEAL OF or THINK A LOT OF, THROW IN ONE'S LOT WITH or CAST IN ONE'S LOT WITH. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) Lot I. noun Etymology: Hebrew Lōṭ 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 Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) lot I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hlot; akin to Old High German hlōz 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 Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary lot lɔt 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. øbad 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). [OE hlot portion, choice f. Gmc] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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.] Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Lot (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. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) Lot, Lotan, wrapt up; hidden; covered; myrrh; rosin LOT Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms lot 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. ( English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) lot lɔt 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. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 465 Moby Thesaurus words for "lot": A to Z, A to izzard, Friday, Friday the thirteenth, a mass of, a world of, abundance, accidentality, acres, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, affluence, aggregate, aggregation, all, all and sundry, allocate, allot, allotment, allow, allowance, alpha and omega, amount, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, appoint, appointed lot, apportion, appropriate to, army, array, assemblage, assign, assign to, astral influences, astrology, avalanche, bank, barrel, batch, be-all, be-all and end-all, bearings, beginning and end, bevy, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, block, blood, board lot, body, bonanza, book of fate, bountifulness, bountiousness, brand, break, breed, budget, build on, bumper crop, bunch, bundle, calculate, call, case, cast, cast lots, casualness, chance, character, chattels real, chunk, circle, circumstance, clan, clearing, clos, close, cloud, clump, cluster, clutch, clutter, color, commission, complement, condition, conglomerate, conglomeration, considerable, constellation, contingent, copiousness, copse, count, count on, covey, croft, crop, crowd, cup, cut, cut lots, cut the cards, deal, decree, demesne, denomination, depend, description, designation, destination, destine, destiny, detail, dies funestis, dividend, dole, domain, doom, dose, draw lots, draw straws, dummy share, each and every, earmark, enclave, end, equal share, estate, even lot, everything, extravagance, exuberance, fatality, fate, feather, fertility, field, fix, flight, flock, flocks, flood, flow, flukiness, foison, footing, foredoom, foreordination, form, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, forty, fractional lot, frontage, full lot, full measure, fullness, future, gamble, game, generosity, generousness, genre, genus, give, gob, gobs, good deal, good fortune, good luck, grain, great abundance, great deal, great plenty, grounds, group, grouping, groupment, grove, gush, hail, half, halver, hap, happenstance, happy chance, hassock, heap, heaps, heedless hap, helping, hive, holding, holdings, honor, host, how they fall, hunk, ides of March, ilk, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, inevitability, interest, jam, kidney, kin, kind, kismet, knot, kraal, label, land, landed property, lands, landslide, large amount, lashings, lavishness, law of averages, legion, length and breadth, liberality, liberalness, line, loads, location, lots, luck, lump, luxuriance, make, make assignments, making, manner, manor, many, mark, mark off, mark out for, mass, masses of, match coins, maximum, measure, meed, mess, messuage, mete out, mint, mob, modality, mode, modicum, moiety, moira, mold, more than enough, much, muchness, multiplicity, multitude, myriad, myriads, nature, nest, number, numbers, numerousness, odd lot, one and all, oodles, opportunity, opulence, opulency, ordain, outpouring, overflow, pack, package, package deal, pale, parcel, parcel of land, part, pass, patch, peck, percentage, persuasion, phylum, pickle, piece, pile, piles, place, planets, plat, play, play at dice, play the ponies, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, plight, plot, plot of ground, plurality, portion, portion off, position, posture, pot, power, praedium, predestination, predetermination, predicament, preference share, prevalence, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion, property, proportion, push, quad, quadrangle, quadrat, quantities, quantity, quantum, quite a few, quite a little, quota, race, raffle off, raft, rafts, rake-off, random sample, rank, ration, real estate, real property, realty, reckon on, repleteness, repletion, reserve, restrict, restrict to, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, riot, riotousness, risk, round lot, rout, ruck, run, run of luck, scads, schedule, scores, section, segment, serendipity, set, set apart, set aside, set off, shape, share, shoal, shock, shoot craps, shower, sight, situation, slew, slews, slice, small amount, small share, sort, spate, species, speculate, sport, spot, stack, stacks, stake, stamp, standing, stars, state, station, statistical probability, status, stock, stockholding, stockholdings, stook, strain, stream, stripe, style, substantiality, substantialness, sum, superabundance, swarm, tag, teemingness, tenements, the breaks, the corpus, the ensemble, the entirety, the like of, the likes of, the lot, the whole, the whole range, theory of probability, thicket, throng, tidy sum, toft, toss, tract, tribe, trust in, tuft, tussock, type, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, unlucky day, variety, wad, wads, wealth, weird, whatever comes, wheel of fortune, whole slew, will of Heaven, wisp, worlds of WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date LOT Mrs. Lot's husband. WHO WAS WHO 5000 B. C. to Date LOT Mrs., the only woman who had an inquisitiveness which became practical. She also was considered one of the salt of the earth. |
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