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batch
The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.
"We made a batch of cookies to take to the party."
Similar: recipe
(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.
"We poured a bucket of water in at the top, and the ice-maker dispensed a batch of ice-cubes at the bottom."
A group or collection of things of the same kind, such as a batch of letters or the next batch of business.
To aggregate things together into a batch.
"The contractor batched the purchase orders for the entire month into one statement."
To handle a set of input data or requests as a batch process.
"The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning."
Of a process, operating for a defined set of conditions, and then halting.
"The plant had two batch assembly lines for packaging, as well as a continuous feed production line."
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