Fry the potatoes 'in batches'. [=fry one amount and then another amount and so on until all the potatoes have been fried]
a new 'batch' [='bunch'] of television shows
They're hiring another 'batch' of workers.
(..) Hold on a second. Just a sec. I don't want you to get the wrong idea. Y'all were just doin' a job and I got in the way. What do you say I buy a whole batch of fish y'all were sellin'? Forty cover it? That'll about do it. We don't want your money. Hold on. Hold on. (..)2012 Mud