lot

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NGSL Rank: 122
lot
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Meanings
pronoun
  • a large number or amount; a great deal.
    E.g. there are a lot of actors in the cast
adverb
  • a great deal; much.
    E.g. he played tennis a lot last year
noun
  • a particular group or set of people or things.
    E.g. it's just one lot of rich people stealing from another
  • an item or set of items for sale at an auction.
    E.g. nineteen lots failed to sell
  • the making of a decision by random selection, especially by a method involving the choice of one from a number of pieces of folded paper, one of which has a concealed mark.
    E.g. officers were elected rather than selected by lot
  • a person's luck, situation, or destiny in life.
    E.g. schemes to improve the lot of the disadvantaged
  • a plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use.
    E.g. a vacant lot
verb
  • divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction.
    E.g. the contents have already been lotted up, and the auction takes place on Monday

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