" lot "

[Noun]  | "lot" | \ ˈlät \

1: an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance

2: the use of lots as a means of deciding something

3: the resulting choice

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English lot, lott "object used to decide a matter by chance, decision by the use of such objects, what one receives through such a decision, destiny, share," going back to Old English hlot, going back to Germanic *hluta- (whence also Old Frisian hlot, lot "lot," Old High German hluz, Old Norse hlutr), noun derivative from a verb *hleutan- "to cast lots" (whence Old English hlēotan "to cast lots, obtain, gain as one's lot," Old Saxon hliotan "to obtain," Old High German liozan "to cast lots," Old Norse hjlóta "to get by lot, obtain, undergo"), of uncertain origin;

  * Note : An o-grade ablaut derivative is evident in Old English hlȳt, hlīet "lot, share," Old Saxon hlōt, Old High German hlōz, Old Norse hlautr (conflated with a different word meaning "blood sacrifice"), Gothic hlauts. The Germanic verb has been compared with Lithuanian kliū́ti "to get caught on, bump into, hinder," kliudýti "to bump into, meet, hinder," Old Church Slavic ključiti sę "to happen, come to pass," but the proposed semantic connection is tenuous.;

[Noun]  | "Lot" | \ ˈlät \

1: a nephew of Abraham who according to the account in Genesis escaped from the doomed city of Sodom with his wife who turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back

Origin: circa 1534 ;

 Hebrew Lōṭ;

[Noun]  | "barn lot" 

1: barnyard

Origin: 1724 ;

[Noun]  | "cell phone lot" 

1: a short-term airport parking lot that is designated for use by people waiting to be alerted by cell phone to pick up arriving travelers and that is usually free of charge

Origin: 2004 ;

[Noun]  | "job lot" 

1: a miscellaneous collection of goods for sale as a lot usually to a retailer

2: a miscellaneous and usually inferior collection or group

Origin: 1828 ;

[Noun]  | "odd lot" 

1: a number or quantity other than the usual unit in transactions; especially : a quantity of less than 100 shares of stock

Origin: 1858 ;

[Verb]  | "lot" 

1: allot, apportion

2: to form or divide into lots

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English lotten, derivative of lot {see: |lot:1|lot:1};

[Geographical name]  | "Lot" | \ ˈlät \

1: river 300 miles (483 kilometers) long in southern France flowing west into the Garonne River

[Adverb]  | "a lot" 

1: to a considerable degree or extent : much, lots

2: often, frequently

Origin: 1821 ;

[Idiomatic phrase]  | "cast one's lot with" 

1: to join or become associated with a person, group, or thing that one hopes will win or succeed

Origin: 1785 ;

[Noun]  | "lot" 

[Noun]  | "job lot" 

[Verb]  | "lot" 

[Phrase]  | "a lot"