batch


batch (http://definr.com/batch)

     n 1: all the loaves of bread baked at the same time
     2: (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" [syn: deal, flock, good deal, {great
        deal}, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
        mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, {quite
        a little}, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, {tidy
        sum}, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
     3: a collection of things or persons to be handled together
        [syn: clutch]
     v : batch together; assemble or process as a batch