[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lot \lot\ lo^t, n. as. hlot; akin to hle'itan to cast
   lots, os. hl=ot lot, d. lot, g. loos, ohg. l=oz, icel.
   hlutr, sw. lott, dan. lod, goth. hlauts. cf. allot,
   lotto, lottery.
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   1. that which happens without human design or forethought;
      chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
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            but save my life, which lot before your foot doth
            lay.                                  --spenser.
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   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.
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            the lot is cast into the lap, but the whole
            disposing thereof is of the lord.     --prov. xvi.
                                                  33.
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            if we draw lots, he speeds.           --shak.
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   3. the part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by
      chance, or without his planning.
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            o visions ill foreseen each day's lot's
            enough to bear.                       --milton.
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            he was but born to try
            the lot of man -- to suffer and to die. --pope.
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   4. a separate portion; a number of things taken collectively;
      all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; as, a
      lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people;
      as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
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            i, this winter, met with a very large lot of english
            heads, chiefly of the reign of james i. --walpole.
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   5. a distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a
      field; as, a building lot in a city.
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            the defendants leased a house and lot in the city of
            new york.                             --kent.
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   6. a large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a
      lot of money; to waste a lot of time on line; lots of
      people think so. colloq.
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            he wrote to her . . . he might be detained in london
            by a lot of business.                 --w. black.
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   7. a prize in a lottery. obs. --evelyn.
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   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.
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see also:
allot lotto lottery to cast in one's lot with to cast lots to draw lots 
to pay scot and lot scot 

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