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batch

UK/bæt͡ʃ/ US/ˈbætʃ/ fairly common informal uk
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

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”
Synonyms
3.

a collection of things or persons to be handled together

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verb

1.

batch together; assemble or process as a batch

Origin

From Middle English bach, bache, bahche, from Old English *bæċċ (“something baked”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-West Germanic *bakku, from Proto-Germanic *bakkuz (“baking, baked goods”), cognate with Middle High German becke (“something baked, pastry, baking, bakery”). Related also to Old English bacan (“to bake”), Old English ġebæc (“something baked”), Dutch gebak, German Gebäck, Dutch baksel.

Phrases

  • batch file
  • batch job
  • batch picking
  • batch processing
  • batch production
  • batch queue
  • batch up
  • multi-batch picking
  • zone-batch picking

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