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batch

Syllabification: (batch)

Pronunciation: /baCH/

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Definition of batch

noun

a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time:a batch of cookies the company undertakes thirty-six separate quality control checks on every batch
informal a number of things or people regarded as a group or set:a batch of hostile letters came
Computing a group of records processed as a single unit, usually without input from a user.

verb

[with object]

arrange (things) in sets or groups.

Origin:

late 15th century (in the senses 'process of baking', 'quantity produced at one baking'): based on an Old English word related to bacan (see bake). Current senses date from the early 18th century

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