Hundred

//ˈhʌn.dɹəd// noun, num

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    being ten more than ninety wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
  2. 2
    ten 10s wordnet
  3. 3
    An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres. historical
  4. 4
    Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire broadly, historical
  5. 5
    A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.

    "He made a hundred in the historic match."

Numeral
  1. 1
    A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.

    "hundreds of thousands of faces."

  2. 2
    The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

    "“Okay. You head over to City Hall East. I'll meet you there. The briefing starts at eleven hundred, sharp.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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, Danish hundred.

Etymology 2

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, Danish hundred.

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