Batch (?), n. [OE. bache, bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. geback and D. baksel. See Bake, v. t.]
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.
© Webster 1913.