lot

nouns

(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
a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
"he bought a lot on the lake"
lot
is a type of (narrower)
an extended area of land
parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract
an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
band, circle, lot, set
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"
circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion
anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it"
draw, lot
any collection in its entirety
"she bought the whole caboodle"
bunch, caboodle, lot

verbs

divide into lots, as of land, for example
lot
is a type of (narrower)
separate into parts or portions
"divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up
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"
administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out