Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lot \Lot\, n. [AS. hlot; akin to hle['o]tan to cast lots, OS.
   hl?t lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l?z, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott,
   Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. {Allot}, {Lotto}, {Lottery}.]
   1. That which happens without human design or forethought;
      chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

            But save my life, which lot before your foot doth
            lay.                                  --Spenser.

   2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used
      in determining a question by chance, or without man's
      choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.

            The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole
            disposing thereof is of the Lord.     --Prov. xvi.
                                                  33.

            If we draw lots, he speeds.           --Shak.

   3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by
      chance, or without his planning.

            O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's Enough to
            bear.                                 --Milton.

            He was but born to try The lot of man -- to suffer
            and to die.                           --Pope.

   4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively;
      as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of
      people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.

            I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English
            heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. --Walpole.

   5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a
      field; as, a building lot in a city.

            The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of
            New York.                             --Kent.

   6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a
      lot of money; lots of people think so. [Colloq.]

            He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London
            by a lot of business.                 --W. Black.

   7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

   {To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.

   {To cast lots}, to use or throw a die, or some other
      instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which,
      an event is by previous agreement determined.

   {To draw lots}, to determine an event, or make a decision, by
      drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed
      from the drawer.

   {To pay scot and lot}, to pay taxes according to one's
      ability. See {Scot}.