Batch
Pronunciation : Batch
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. geb?ck and D. baksel. See Bake, v. t.]
Definition : 1. The quantity of bread baked at one time.
2. A quantity of anything produced at one operation; a group or collection of persons or things of the same kind; as, a batch of letters; the next batch of business. "A new batch of Lords." Lady M. W. Montagu.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913