Hectomillion
num ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Hundred million. rare
"First Investors, one of the junk bond emporia, managed two mutual funds: the High Yield and the Income Fund. An investment of $10,000 in a typical sample of Standard & Poor’s 500 stocks in fourth quarter 1988 would have yielded about $12,000 today, after a high of $14,500 a year ago. […] Michael Milken, the arachnid at the center of the tangled web of institutions like First Investors, will continue to enjoy the benefits of hectomillions after he gets around to serving his prison sentence."
Example
More examples"First Investors, one of the junk bond emporia, managed two mutual funds: the High Yield and the Income Fund. An investment of $10,000 in a typical sample of Standard & Poor’s 500 stocks in fourth quarter 1988 would have yielded about $12,000 today, after a high of $14,500 a year ago. […] Michael Milken, the arachnid at the center of the tangled web of institutions like First Investors, will continue to enjoy the benefits of hectomillions after he gets around to serving his prison sentence."
Etymology
From hecto- + million.
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