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.

v. t.

To allot; to sort; to portion.

[imp. & p. p. Lotted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lotting .]

To lot on
to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure.

Noun	1.	lot - (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"; "it must have cost plenty" Synonyms: good deal, great deal, hatful, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, quite a little, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, slew, spate, stack, raft, batch, pile, plenty, heap, mass, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight
	2.	lot - a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
	3.	lot - 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" Synonyms: circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, portion
	4.	lot - any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" Synonyms: caboodle, bunch
	5.	lot - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" Synonyms: band, circle, set
	6.	lot - anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" Synonyms: draw
	7.	Lot - (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction
Verb	1.	lot - divide into lots, as of land, for example
	2.	lot - 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" Synonyms: deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, administer, allot, deal

LOT. Anything on which depends the accidental determination of a right by which we acquire or lose something; or it is that which fortuitously determines what we are to acquire. When it can be certainly known what are our rights, we ought never to resort to a decision by lot; but when it is impossible to tell what actually belong to us, as if an estate is divided into three parts and one part given to each of three persons, the proper way to ascertain each one's part is to draw lots. Wolff, Dr. &c., de la Nat. Sec. 669.

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