💰 A large amount 🏞️ A piece of land 👥 A group of people 🎲 Life situation 🪙 Random choice 📏 To divide land

lot

29 7.4

A small object chosen at random to decide something

noun
/lɑt/

: suerte

draw lots

Examples

Let us draw lots which is to stay behind.

Finding Neverland (2004)
Why don't we draw lots for it?

Shallow Grave (1994)
We could draw lots.

Five Came Back (1939)
To decide who goes first in the game, we will draw lots from a hat.
In the meeting, we drew lots to determine who would present first.
The tradition is to choose a leader by drawing lots each year.

Antonyms

choice

∞ 1.0

One thing you pick or the act of picking from several things

Idioms

a lot

∞ 1.0

To a very great degree

a lot about

378 2.2

To know many things about a subject

a lot to do with

53 3.4

Be closely connected to something or happen because of it

under a lot of stress

24 2.8

People feel very tense and worried because many difficult things are happening

a lot of buzz

Literature

13 3.9

Strong excitement and attention from many people and the media

to take a lot of flak

1 7.4

Get a lot of criticism or blame from other people

that's your lot

8.9

This is all you get

Compounds

a lot of money

604 1.0

A large amount of money that lets you buy expensive things or do big projects

parking lot

497 1.0

An area or building where people leave cars for a short time

vacant lot

19 2.8

An empty piece of land in a town without buildings

you lot

11 8.2

To speak to a group of people in informal British English

used-car lot

7 2.8

An open area where a dealer shows and sells cars that other people owned

parking lot

Jargon

3 4.4

A place in a meeting where people put ideas to discuss later

lot lizard

Slur

1 9.9

A woman who offers sex for money to truck drivers at parking lots

tot lot

1 4.9

A small outdoor playground for very young children, especially toddlers

a lot of tsuris

Informal

9.9

Many problems that cause worry and difficulty

fuckuva lot

Offensive

9.9

A very large amount of something often said in rude language

job lot

5.7

A group of different items sold together at a low price

scot and lot

Archaic

9.9

Local taxes and duties paid by people in a town in the past

Surface Forms

lot singular

lots plural

Etymology

Lot was used for the small objects drawn to make a random choice, and to 'draw lots' is to pick one by chance; this same idea is the root of lottery. So a lot can mean an item chosen at random to decide a person's share or role.