Noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
a sudden forceful flow
Source: WordNetIn February of 1996, about six months after I created eBay, I started receiving a spate of complaints. Everyone was complaining about each other. I felt very much like I was a parent who had to adjudicate the brothers beating each other up. Pierre Omidyar
Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by without violent rioting of one kind or another. They happen so frequently that they are almost part of London's texture. Peter Ackroyd
a batch of letters Source: Internet
a deal of trouble Source: Internet
a lot of money Source: Internet
he made a mint on the stock market Source: Internet