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Noun
- (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
- any collection in its entirety
- she bought the whole caboodle
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- whatever my fortune may be
- a victim of circumstances
- success that was her portion
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- he bought a lot on the lake
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
Verb
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- administer critical remarks to everyone present
- shell out pocket money for the children
- the machine dispenses soft drinks
- divide into lots, as of land, for example