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21lot — (n.) O.E. hlot object (anything from dice to straw, but often a chip of wood with a name inscribed on it) used to determine someone s share, also what falls to a person by lot, from P.Gmc. *khlutom (Cf. O.N. hlutr lot, share, O.Fris. hlot lot,… …
22lot — The phrases a lot of and lots of (a lot of time / lots of people) are common and highly versatile, being used freely with singular (mass) nouns and plural nouns. In positive contexts, a lot of is idiomatic (There is a lot of time) and lots of is… …
23lot — LOT. s. m. Portion d un tout qui se partage entre plusieurs personnes. Il se dit principalement en matiere d heredité & de succession. Faire des lots. il luy escheut un bon lot. il a eu le gros lot, le meilleur lot. voilà trois lots, choisissez.… …
24Lot — Lot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lotting}.] To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.] [1913 Webster] {To lot on} or {To lot upon}, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] …
25lot — [n1] piece of property acreage, allotment, apportionment, area, block, clearing, division, field, frontage, parcel, part, patch, percentage, piece, plat, plot, plottage, portion, property, real estate, tract; concepts 509,710 lot [n2] quantity,… …
26lot|to — «LOT oh», noun. a game played by drawing numbered disks from a bag or box and covering the corresponding numbers on cards. The first player to complete a blank row is the winner. Also, loto. ╂[< Italian lotto lot, ultimately < Germanic.… …
27Lot [8] — Lot (spr. lott), Departement im südwestlichen Frankreich, nach dem Fluß Lot benannt, aus der Landschaft Quercy der ehemaligen Provinz Guyenne gebildet, grenzt im N. an das Depart. Corrèze, im W. an Dordogne und Lot et Garonne, im S. an Tarn et… …
28Lot — /lot/, n. the nephew of Abraham. His wife was changed into a pillar of salt for looking back during their flight from Sodom. Gen. 13:1 12, 19. /lawt/, n. 1. a river in S France, flowing W to the Garonne. 300 mi. (480 km) long. 2. a department in… …
29Lot 10 — Vue du centre commercial. Pays …
30Lot — Sn Lötmetall, Meßblei erw. fach. (13. Jh.), mhd. lōt, mndd. lōt, lode, mndl. loot Stammwort. Aus wg. * lauda n. Blei , auch in ae. lēad, afr. lād. Die Bedeutungsspezialisierung im Deutschen erst mit der Verdrängung des Wortes durch Blei n.… …
