From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe lotthe lotespecially British EnglishALL/EVERYTHING the whole of an amount or number of things, people etc We’ll do everything – cooking, washing, ironing – the lot. I can’t believe you ate the whole lot. I think that’s the lot (=everything is included).the lot of you/them/us (=all of you, them, or us) Shut up, the lot of you! → lot
Examples from the Corpus
the lot• Janine bought four cream cakes, but her friends didn't turn up for dinner so she ate the lot herself.• I left my purse with my cheque book and car keys on the kitchen table and thieves broke in and stole the lot. 