lot

  • 101Lot — Abraham s youngest brother s son; the narrative describes how when the city of Sodom was to be destroyed Lot and his family were rescued by divine intervention (Gen. 19:1–19), but Lot s wife looked back at the mayhem and was transformed into a… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 102lot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fate, destiny, fortune; batch, sum; parcel. See assemblage, chance, quantity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A small parcel of land] Syn. parcel, part, division, patch, clearing, piece of ground, plat, plot,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 103lot — nm. (à la loterie), lot de marchandises ; (en plus à Billième), gros chargement (charretée) de bois : LÔ (Albanais, Billième, Chambéry, Giettaz), lo (Saxel). E. : Traîne. A1) lot de marchandises : totubôtu nm. (Thônes), R. => Désordre. A2) lot …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 104lot — /lɒt/ noun 1. a group of items sold together at an auction ● to bid for lot 23 ● At the end of the auction half the lots were unsold. 2. a group of shares which are sold ● to sell a lot of shares ● to sell shares in small lots 3. US a piece of… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 105lot — also See car lot inspection lot parking lot …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 106lot — 1) all the specimens collected at one time and place (including one or more species, a collection lot; including one species only, a species lot) 2) a shipment or part of a shipment of fish that is of the same species, is processed in the same… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 107Lot — Blei; (Angeln): Grundblei; (Bauw.): Senkblei. * * * Lot,das:1.〈Messgerät〉Senkblei·Senklot·Richtblei·Blei–2.imL.sein:⇨Ordnung(4);insL.bringen:⇨bereinigen(1) Lot 1.Blei,Senkblei,Senklot,Grundlot,Grundblei… …

    Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • 108lot — [OE] Lot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khlut , which appears to have denoted the use of objects to make decisions by chance (Old English hlot was used for such an object). The first inklings of the modern range of senses did not emerge… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 109lot — n.m. Femme désirable : Un joli lot. / Gagner le gros lot, bénéficier d une chance énorme …

    Dictionnaire du Français argotique et populaire

  • 110Lot — I. /lɒt/ (say lot) noun Bible the nephew of Abraham. His wife was changed into a pillar of salt for looking back during their flight from Sodom. Genesis 13:1–12, 19. {Hebrew} II. /lɒt/ (say lot) noun 1. a river in southern France, flowing west to …