Main entry: circumstances
Definition: a person's financial situation (good or bad)
Usage: he found himself in straitened circumstances
Main entry: lot, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, portion, circumstances
Definition: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Usage: whatever my fortune may be; deserved a better fate; has a happy lot; the luck of the Irish; a victim of circumstances; success that was her portion