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Hundred

Hundred Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hundred? [n] ten 10s [adj] being ten more than ninety Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hundred: 100 \| 100 \| a hundred \| c \| C \| cardinal \| centred \| century \| one C \| one hundred Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hundred: archbishopric \| archdiocese \| arrondissement \| bailiwick \| bicentenary \| bicentennial \| bishopric \| borough \| C \| canton \| cental \| centare \| centenarian \| centenary \| centennial \| centennium \| centigram \| centimeter \| centipede \| centistere \| centred \| centref \| centrev \| centumvir \| centumvirate \| centurion \| century \| city \| commune \| congressional district \| constablewick \| county \| cwt \| departement \| diocese \| district \| duchy \| electoral district \| electorate \| government \| gross \| hamlet \| hecatomb \| hundredweight \| Kreis \| long hundred \| magistracy \| metropolis \| metropolitan area \| oblast \| okrug \| one C \| parish \| precinct \| principality \| province \| region \| riding \| sesquicentenary \| sesquicentennial \| sheriffalty \| sheriffwick \| shire \| shrievalty \| soke \| stake \| state \| tercentenary \| tercentennial \| territory \| town \| township \| village \| wapentake \| ward See Also \| large integer Hundred In Webster's Dictionary \Hun"dred\, n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-ra?jan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundra?, Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith. szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. ?, Skr. [,c]ata. [root]309. Cf. {Cent}, {Century}, {Hecatomb}, {Quintal}, and {Reason}.] 1. The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C. With many hundreds treading on his heels. --Shak. Note: The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc., often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten hundreds are one thousand. 2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen. {Hundred court}, a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred. [Eng.] --Blackstone. \Hun"dred\, a. Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.

Hundred Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hundred?

[n] ten 10s
[adj] being ten more than ninety

See Also | large integer

Hundred In Webster's Dictionary

\Hun"dred\, n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial
division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-ra?jan to
count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod,
hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundra?,
Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith.
szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. ?, Skr.
[,c]ata. [root]309. Cf. {Cent}, {Century}, {Hecatomb},
{Quintal}, and {Reason}.]
1. The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten
   times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times
   ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol
   representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.

         With many hundreds treading on his heels. --Shak.

Note: The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc.,
      often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many
      hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with
      an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five
      hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to
      consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten
      hundreds are one thousand.

2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have
   originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.

{Hundred court}, a court held for all the inhabitants of a
   hundred. [Eng.] --Blackstone.


\Hun"dred\, a.
Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.

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