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• n  (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  a lot of money
• n  a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
  he bought a lot on the lake
• n  an unofficial association of people or groups
  they were an angry lot
• n  your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  has a happy lot
• n  anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
  they drew lots for it
• n  any collection in its entirety
• n  (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
• v  divide into lots, as of land, for example
• v  administer or bestow, as in small portions

• A lot of it, though, came from Clinton herself.
• If "Join the Taliban or we'll slit your throat" is the most popular bumpersticker then we have a lot of work to do.
• BRIN: It takes a lot of getting used to.

• batch
• deal
• flock
• good deal
• great deal
• hatful
• heap
• mass
• mess
• mickle
• mint
• mountain
• muckle
• passel
• peck
• pile
• plenty
• pot
• quite a little
• raft
• sight
• slew
• spate
• stack
• tidy sum
• wad
• set
• circle
• band
• fortune
• destiny
• fate
• luck
• circumstances
• portion
• draw
• bunch
• caboodle
• Lot
• distribute
• administer
• mete out
• parcel out
• dispense
• shell out
• deal out
• dish out
• allot
• dole out

News & Articles

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• Pittsburgh parking lot leases draw FBI attention
  The federal investigators have questioned the lot leases that went to a supporter of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
  June 18, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Obama says Bernanke has 'stayed a lot longer' than he wanted at Fed
  By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hinted in an interview aired on Monday that he may be looking for a new chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, saying Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than the current chairman had originally planned. Obama, speaking to Charlie Rose, host of a PBS interview program, compared Bernanke to longtime FBI Director Robert Mueller, who ...
  June 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Worth lot as garage site should stay off the table
  The City Council should not reconsider the Worth lot for a new parking garage. The space is too small and would lead to increased traffic congestion on the streets in the area as cars enter and leave the lot. It would turn the Vaughan Mall walkway into a...
  June 17, 2013 - Portsmouth Herald

Quotes

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• Paris Hilton in Taipei Times
  In a post on Twitter after the incident Hilton wrote: "Hey guys, there's a lot of crazy rumors going around. Just want you all to know the truth. Everything is completely fine. I was not charged or arrested, cause I didn't do anything. I was...
• Chris Bosh in Kansas City Star
  I expect us to compete for a championship,Bosh told ESPN. "I think both Dwyane and I, we both wanted an opportunity where right away we would be competing. : We're ready to sacrifice a lot of things in order to do that. It's not about the...
• Philipp Lahm in The Associated Press
  Right now, I really don't feel like playing for third place,captain Philipp Lahm said. "The disappointment is very big. We had a lot as our goal and we didn't succeed."