| batch | (n) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, Syn. slew, raft, mint, tidy sum, lot, flock, sight, muckle, plenty, passel, mess, deal, pot, spate, peck, quite a little, stack, wad, mickle, mass, good deal, mountain, great deal, hatful, heap, pile, Example: a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money |