batch
noun
[ batʃ ]
• a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time.
• "a batch of bread"
batch
verb
• arrange (things) in sets or groups.
• "I had nothing to do but batch the reports"
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 bake1). Current senses date from the early 18th century.
