batch
noun
number of people/things
ADJ. large, small | whole A whole batch of original drawings will be on sale.| fresh, new He baked a fresh batch of rolls. Each summer a new batch of students tries to find work.| latest the latest batch of opinion polls
PREP. in the ~ How many books are there in each batch? We deliver the goods in batches.| ~ of a batch of letters
in computing
BATCH + NOUN job to process a batch job| file, program | processing | mode to run in batch mode| queue
