batch
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• noun
A quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time, especially baked goods or brewed beverages.
"The baker pulled a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies from the oven."
A group of people or things treated, dealt with, or arriving together as a set.
"The admissions office just reviewed the latest batch of applications."
A set of computer programs, jobs, or data records processed sequentially as a single unit without manual intervention.
"The system runs an overnight batch to update all customer account balances."
• verb
To arrange or assemble items, tasks, or data in sets or groups to be handled at one time.
"The warehouse staff batched the orders by postal code to speed up delivery."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English bacche, derived from an unrecorded Old English word related to bacan ('to bake'), originally referring to the quantity of bread baked in an oven at one time.