hundred.
A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.
Meaning & usage
A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.
hundreds of thousands of faces.
a/one hundred
The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, hundert, Danish hundred.
A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire A subdivision once used in parts of the United States and still in use in Delaware solely for the purpose of real estate descriptions.
A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.
He made a hundred in the historic match.
Six score of casts of crabs (a score is twenty; a cast is two), totaling two hundred and forty crabs.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, hundert, Danish hundred.
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