(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"
"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"
A great amount.
(Very) great or large.
To a great extent.
Much; a great quantity or amount of.
A great extent or large amount.
A surname.