lot
Cross references:
1. fate
1. lot \'la:t\ n [ME, fr. OE hlot; akin to OHG hlo-z lot, Lith kliudyti
to]hook on 1: an object used as a counter in determining a question by
chance 2a: the use of lots as a means of deciding something 2b: the
resulting choice 3a: something that comes to one upon whom a lot has
fallen : SHARE 3b: one's way of life or worldly fate : FORTUNE obs 4: a
customs fee : DUTY 5a: a portion of land 5b: a measured parcel of land
having fixed boundaries and designated on a p lot or survey 5c: a
motion-picture studio and its adjoining property 6: a number of units of
an article or a parcel of articles offered as one i tem (as in an auction
sale) 7a: a number of associated persons : SET 7b: KIND, SORT 8: a
considerable quantity
2. lot vb or lot.ted; or lot.ting : to cast or draw lots 1: to form or
divide into lots 2: ALLOT, APPORTION obs 3: to draw lots for Lot \'la:t\
n [Heb Lo-t] : a nephew of Abraham whose wife is turned into a pillar of
salt for looki ng back during their flight from Sodom