lot
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
Noun 4 meanings
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
“win the whole lot (of money); i.e. jackpot”
A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
“a lot of stationery”
One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
A number of people taken collectively.
Verb 2 meanings
To allot; to sort; to apportion.
To count or reckon (on or upon).
Etymology
From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, 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. Doublet of lotto.
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LOT at a glance
LOT has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + T 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #206 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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