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