Signification

• Noun

  1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
  2. A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
  3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
  4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
  5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
  6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
  7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
  8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
  9. A prize in a lottery.
  10. Allotment; lottery.
  11. All members of a set; everything.
  12. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

• Verb