lot

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Related also to German Los.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lŏt, IPA^(key): /lɒt/
• (General American) enPR: lät, IPA^(key): /lɑt/
• (Boston), (Western Pennsylvania) IPA^(key): /lɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

lot (plural lots)

Lot, noun definition 5

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.

   to spend a lot of money;  lots of people think so

   • 1877, William Black, Green Pastures and Piccadilly, volume 2, page 4:

     He wrote to her […] he might be detained in London by a lot of business.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients, page 52:

     I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.

2. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

   a lot of stationery

3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.

   a sorry lot; a bad lot

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

   a building lot in a city

   • 1820, James Kent, ‎William Johnson, editor, Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York‎, volume 5:

     The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York

6. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
   • (Can we date this quote?) William Spenser

     But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.

7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

   to cast lots;  to draw lots

   • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Proverbs xvi. 33

     The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     If we draw lots, he speeds.

8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope

     He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292, book III:

     […] as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.

   • C-3PO

     "We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life." in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

9. A prize in a lottery.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Evelyn to this entry?)

10. Allotment; lottery.
    • 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)

      Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.

11. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.

    The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.

    If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.

12. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

• (large quantity or number): load, mass, pile
• (number of things taken collectively): batch, collection, group, set
• (informal: a number of people taken collectively): crowd, gang, group
• (distinct portion or plot of land): allotment, parcel, plot
• (that which happens without human design or forethought): destiny, fate, fortune
• (anything used in determining a question by chance):
• (fate that falls to one by chance):
• (prize in a lottery): prize
• See also Thesaurus:lot

• a lot

lot (third-person singular simple present lots, present participle lotting, simple past and past participle lotted)

1. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
2. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

• LTO, OTL, tol, tol'

From Proto-Albanian *lā(i)ta, and adjective in *-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *lēi 'to pour'[1].

lot m (indefinite plural lotë, definite singular loti, definite plural lotët)

1. tear (from the eye)

   Gjak, lot dhe djersë — Blood, tears and sweat

• losh
• loc
• loçkë
• loke

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lot n (plural loten, diminutive lotje n)

1. destiny, fate
2. lottery ticket

• tol

From Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

• IPA^(key): /lo/

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lot m (plural lots)

1. share (of inheritance)
2. plot (of land)
3. batch (of goods for sale)
4. lot (at auction)
5. prize (in lottery)
6. lot, fate
7. (slang) babe

• “lot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

lot ?

1. jump

From Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

lot m (plural lots)

1. (Guernsey) lot (at auction)

lot

1. simple past of la (Etymology 1)
2. simple past of late

Compare Czech let and Russian полёт (poljót).

• IPA^(key): /lɔt/

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lot m inan

1. flight

• latanie, fruwanie

• (adjectives) lotniczy, lotny, nielotny
• (adverbs) lotniczo, lotnie
• (nouns) lotka, lotnictwo, lotniczka, lotnik, lotnisko, lotniskowiec, nalot, odlot, przylot, ulotka, wylot, latawiec, polatucha, podlotek, przelot
• (verbs) latać, lecieć, odlatywać, odlecieć, podlatywać, podlecieć, polatać, polecieć, przylatywać, przylecieć, ulatywać, ulecieć, wylatać, wylecieć, wzlatywać, zlatywać, zlecieć

• lot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

lot m (gen lota, pl lotan)

1. sore, wound
2. sting

lot

1. A unit of weight: 1 lot = 3 mısqal = 12.797 g (archaic)

lot n (plural lotten, diminutive lotsje)

1. lottery ticket
2. fate, destiny

• “lot (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011