Said it’s a lot and it is a lot (4)
I believe the answer is:
site
'a lot' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'said it's a lot and it' is the wordplay.
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'it' becomes 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'a lot' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'a lot of' mean this).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'it' becomes 'si' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't' is a homophone of 'tea'.
'tea' with its final letter taken off is 'te'.
'te' after 'si' is 'SITE'.
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for site that I've seen before include "Web location; place" , "Location or piece of land" , "Building plot" , "Whereabouts" , "Locale" .)