Lot vs. Quantity — What's the Difference?

A large number or amount; a great deal

Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more", "less", or "equal", or by assigning a numerical value in terms of a unit of measurement.

A great deal; much

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement

A river of southern France, which rises in the Auvergne and flows 480 km (300 miles) west to meet the River Garonne south-east of Bordeaux.

The perceived length of a vowel sound or syllable.

(in the Bible) the nephew of Abraham, who was allowed to escape from the destruction of Sodom (Gen. 19). His wife, who disobeyed orders and looked back, was turned into a pillar of salt.

A value or component that may be expressed in numbers.

Divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction

A specified or indefinite number or amount

A large extent, amount, or number

A considerable amount or number

Used adverbially to mean "to a great degree or extent" or "frequently"

An exact amount or number

A number of associated people or things

The measurable or countable property or aspect of things

Miscellaneous articles sold as one unit

(Mathematics) Something that serves as the object of an operation.

An individual of a particular kind or type

(Linguistics) The relative amount of time needed to pronounce a vowel, consonant, or syllable.

A piece of land having specific boundaries, especially one constituting a part of a city, town, or block.

The duration of a syllable in quantitative verse.

A piece of land used for a given purpose

(Logic) The exact character of a proposition in reference to its universality, singularity, or particularity.

The complete grounds of a film studio.

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

The outdoor area of a film studio.

An indefinite amount of something.

An object used in making a determination or choice at random

A specific measured amount.

The use of objects in making a determination or choice at random

A considerable measure or amount.

The determination or choice so made

(metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.

One's fortune in life; one's fate

(mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.

To apportion by lots; allot.

(phonology) Length of sounds.

To divide (land) into lots.

The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size.

To divide (goods) into lots for sale.

That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.

A large quantity or number; a great deal.

A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.

A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

How much there is of something that you can quantify

One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

An adequate or large amount;

(informal) A number of people taken collectively.

Something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

That which happens without human design or forethought.

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.

A prize in a lottery.

Allotment; lottery.

All members of a set; everything.

(historic) 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.

To allot; to sort; to apportion.

To count or reckon (on or upon).

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.

The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; all objects sold in a single purchase transaction; as, a lot of stationery; - colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.

A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; to waste a lot of time on line; lots of people think so.

A prize in a lottery.

To allot; to sort; to portion.

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

A parcel of land having fixed boundaries;

Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you);

Any collection in its entirety;

An unofficial association of people or groups;

Anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;

(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

Divide into lots, as of land, for example

Administer or bestow, as in small portions;