lot in WordNet English dictionary

1. administer or bestow, as in small portions
   "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
   distribute  administer  mete out  deal  parcel out  lot  dispense  shell out  deal out  dish out  allot  dole out 
   
2. divide into lots, as of land, for example
   lot 
   

1. an unofficial association of people or groups
   "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
   set  circle  band  lot 
   
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
   batch  deal  flock  good deal  great deal  hatful  heap  lot  mass  mess  mickle  mint  mountain  muckle  passel  peck  pile  plenty  pot  quite a little  raft  sight  slew  spate  stack  tidy sum  wad 
   
3. any collection in its entirety
   "she bought the whole caboodle"
   bunch  lot  caboodle 
   
4. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
   "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
   fortune  destiny  fate  luck  lot  circumstances  portion 
   
5. anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
   "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
   draw  lot 
   
6. a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
   "he bought a lot on the lake"
   lot