Lot or LOT or The Lot or ''similar'' may refer to:

Common meanings

Areas

Land lot In real estate, a lot or plot is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner(s). A plot is essentially considered a parcel of real property in some countries or immovable property (meaning practically the same thing) in ...

, an area of land *

Parking lot A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surface ...

, for automobiles * Backlot, in movie production

Sets of items

* Lot number, in batch production *Lot, a set of goods for sale together in an auction; or a quantity of a financial instrument

Chance

* Sortition (drawing lots) **

Cleromancy Cleromancy is a form of sortition (casting of lots) in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling of dice, but that are sometimes believed to reveal the will of a deity. In classical civ ...

, divination by casting lots **Arabian lots, or

Arabic parts In astrology, the Arabian/Arabic parts or lots are constructed points based on mathematical calculations of three horoscopic entities such as planets or angles. The distance between two of the points is added to the position of the third (very ...

, an astrological divination technique

People

Lot (name) Lot is a rare given name, taken from the biblical figure. People with the name include: * Lot Abu Hassan (born 1984), Malaysian footballer * Lot Chiwunga (born 1986), Zimbabwean footballer * Lot Clark (1788–1862), American politician * Lot Dif ...

, including a list of people with the given name

Characters

Lot (biblical person) Lot (; he, לוֹט ''Lōṭ'', lit. "veil" or "covering"; gr, Λώτ ''Lṓt''; ar, لُوط ''Lūṭ''; Syriac: ܠܘܛ ''Lōṭ'') was a man in the biblical Book of Genesis, chapters 11–14 and 19. Notable events in his life include his jo ...

, figure in the Book of Genesis *

King Lot King Lot , also spelled Loth or Lott (Lleu or Llew in Welsh), is a British monarch in Arthurian legend. He was introduced in Geoffrey of Monmouth's influential chronicle ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' that portrayed him as King Arthur's brother- ...

, in Arthurian legend

Places

* Lot, Belgium, a village in the municipality of Beersel * Lot (department), in southwest France * Lot (river), in southern France * Lostock railway station, Bolton, England *

Lewis University Airport Lewis University Airport is a public use airport located 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Chicago, in the village of Romeoville in Will County, Illinois, United States. The Joliet Regional Port District assumed ownership of the airport in 198 ...

, Illinois, United States * The Lot, the current name of Samuel Goldwyn Studio

Arts and media

*"Lot", a story by Ward Moore * Backlot, in movie production * '' The Lot'', is a short-lived AMC television series. * ''The Lot'' (album), a 2013 compilation album by Roger Taylor *

The Lot Radio The Lot Radio is an online radio station founded by Francois Vaxelaire in Brooklyn, New York. It is operated by Vaxelaire and Pauline Le Mell. The station is based in a shipping container in Williamsburg. Notable guests include Four Tet, Busy P, Fl ...

, an online radio station in New York City *, a character in the Dutch television show '' Sesamstraat'' (''Sesame Street'') * "Lot", by Christie Front Drive from '' Christie Front Drive'', 1994

Other uses

* Lot (unit), a unit of mass *Large Orbiting Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope *

LOT Polish Airlines LOT Polish Airlines, legally incorporated as Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. (, ''flight''), is the flag carrier of Poland. Established in 1928, LOT was a founding member of IATA and remains one of the world's oldest airlines in operation. Wit ...

, the flag carrier airline of Poland *lot, a device for steering a boat, as mentioned in Belyana *

Language of thought The language of thought hypothesis (LOTH), sometimes known as thought ordered mental expression (TOME), is a view in linguistics, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, forwarded by American philosopher Jerry Fodor. It describes the nature of th ...

, a philosophical hypothesis * The LOT Network Solution, a membership organization to avoid patent litigation