lot

n

1. straw, pebble, counter, check, chip, number; die, Inf. bone.

2. lottery, drawing, pulling, drawing straws, casting lots; sweepstakes, raffle.

3. luck, chance, hazard, gamble, Archaic. hap; random shot, tossup, pot luck; fortuity, serendipity, fluke, stroke, happenstance, lucky pick, lucky number.

4. fortune, fate, destiny, kismet; circumstances, estate, state, condition, situation, status, station; portion, cup, plight, end, final lot, doom; Inf. the way the cookie crumbles or the ball bounces.

5. part, share, interest, alloted share or portion, apportionment, allotment, measure; allowance, proportion, ration, dole, pittance, Archaic. meed; commission, percentage, Inf. cut, Sl. rake-off, Sl. whack, Sl. piece of the pie.

6. plot, tract, patch, plat; division, field, piece of ground, property, house lot, building lot; block, square, section.

7. parcel, packet, package, set, bundle, pack, batch, load, shipment; collection, clutter, Inf. mess, Sl. slew.

8. group, party, band, crew, outfit, pack, cohort; flock, company, body, complement, contingent, Inf. crowd, Inf. team, Inf. string, Inf. stable; troop, gang, army, multitude, host, Sl. mob.

9.Informal. kind, sort, ilk, type; variety, species, family, class, order; tribe, clan, race, strain, blood, breed, caste.

10. a lot, lots

Informal. deal, good or great deal, a great quantity, quantity, much, much of a muchness; volume, mass, mountain, load, tons, barrels, worlds, acres, oceans, heap, heaps, pile, piles, stack, stacks, loads, slews; mint, peck, oodles, gobs, scads; considerable, considerable number, many, numerous; Sl. boodle, Sl. caboodle, Dial. aplenty.

11. throw one’s lot in with

join fortunes with, make common cause with, ally or align oneself with, link up with; wed, marry, bind, league, affiliate, combine with, join, Inf. throw in with, Sl. hook up with; support, stand with or by, stand up with, go with, run with, join forces with, make a commitment to, pledge one's support to, Inf. jump on the bandwagon, Inf. join the parade.

v

12. allot, allocate, share or parcel out, divide, Inf. cut up the pie; assign, earmark, tag, mark or por- tion off, assign to.