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How to sign: (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";
Similiar / Same: whole slew, slew, peck, muckle, mint, mickle, spate, tidy sum, hatful, great deal, good deal, wad, whole lot, quite a little, stack, raft, batch, heap, mass, pile, plenty, flock, deal, pot, mess, sight
Categories: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
Within this category: flood
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: luck, circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, portion
Categories: condition
Within this category: failure, good fortune, misfortune, providence
How to sign: an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot";
Similiar / Same: band, circle, set
Categories: social group
Within this category: car pool, clique, cohort, conspiracy, Four Hundred, horsy set, jet set, party
