How much is a lot?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

What is a lot anyway?

[lazarus]

1. plenty

:)

[Ptah]

2. Two hands full

[edhopper]

3. Between a little

and a whole bunch.

[Bucky]

4. It's more than a passel but less than a buttload.

What I can't figure out is how much is alot?

[kentauros]

5. A great many.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lot
O.E. hlot "object (anything from dice to straw, but often a chip of wood with a name inscribed on it) used to determine someone's share," also "what falls to a person by lot," from P.Gmc. *khlutom (cf. O.N. hlutr "lot, share," O.H.G. hluz "share of land," O.E. hleotan "to cast lots, to foretell"), of unknown origin. The object was placed with others in a receptacle, which was shaken, the winner being the one that fell out first. Hence, to cast lots. In some cases the lots were drawn by hand. The word was adopted from Gmc. into the Romanic languages (cf. lottery, lotto). Meaning "choice resulting from the lasting of lots" first attested c.1200. Sense of "plot of land" is first recorded 1630s (distribution of the best property in new settlements often determined by casting lot), that of "group, collection" is 1725, from notion of auction lots. The generalized sense of "great many" is first attested in 1812. To cast (one's) lot with another is to agree to share winnings.

[Posteritatis]

6. Depends

Marbles? Grains of sand? Buttons? Tens of thousands would certainly be a lot. If we're talking gunshot wounds, though, it could be as low as a dozen or so.

[rurallib]

7. a bunch

[bif]

8. Three

I think three heart attacks is a lot.

[HopeHoops]

9. Just shy of a shitload.

[kayakjohnny]

10. Not be be a smarty pants, but there is this version of 'a lot'...

Lot (mass)
From Wikipedia:

A lot is an old unit of weight used in many European countries since Middle Ages until the beginning of the 20th century. Most often it was defined as either 1⁄30 or 1⁄32 of a pound (or more precisely of whatever mass value one local pound had at the time). Recorded values range from 10 to 50 grams.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Its heaps and heaps...

as they say in Australia ..

[Taitertots]

12. More than a smidgen and less than a dollop

[unpossibles]

13. slightly less than a plethora

and about half a metric shit ton.

[sarge43]

14. More than I got. n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. Cue up "Fargo"

"What did you say you were gonna put there?"

"A lot"

:eyes:

[helderheid]

16. a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.