| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. That which is allotted: allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. Informal : cut. Slang : divvy. See COLLECT. 2. Informal. An indefinite amount or extent: deal, quantity. See BIG. 3. That which is inevitably destined: destiny, fate, fortune, kismet, portion, predestination. See CERTAIN. 4. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit: array, band2, batch, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch2, collection, group, knot, party, set2. See GROUP. 5. Informal. A great deal: abundance, mass, mountain, much, plenty, profusion, wealth, world. Informal : barrel, heap, pack, peck2, pile. Regional : power, sight. See BIG. 6. Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number: jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion. Informal : bushel, gob1 (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), load (often used in plural), oodles, passel, peck2, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion. See BIG. 7. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members: breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind2, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety. Informal : persuasion. See GROUP. 8. A piece of land: parcel, plot, tract. See TERRITORY. | | VERB: | To set aside or distribute as a share: admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, give, measure out, mete (out). See COLLECT.
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