Batch (?), n. [OE. bache,
bacche, fr. AS. bacan to bake; cf. G. gebäck 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.