Meaning

• A large quantity or number; a great deal.

  "lots of people think so"

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

  "a lot of stationery"

• One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

• A number of people taken collectively.

  "a bad lot"

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

  "a building lot in a city"

• That which happens without human design or forethought.

• 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"

• The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

• A prize in a lottery.

• Allotment; lottery.

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

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

• 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.

Meaning

• To allot; to sort; to apportion.

• To count or reckon (on or upon).