cardinal number
(pl. hundreds or (with numeral or quantifying word) hundred)
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(a/one hundred)
the number equivalent to the product of ten and ten; ten more than ninety; 100.
(Roman numeral: c or C.)
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(hundreds)
informal an unspecified large number.
- used to express whole hours in the twenty-four-hour system.
n.
Brit. historical a subdivision of a county or shire, having its own court.
Phrase
Derivative
- hundredfold adj. & adv.
- hundredth ordinal number.
Etymology
OE, from hund ‘hundred’ + a second element meaning ‘number’, of Gmc origin; the noun was perh. orig. equivalent to a hundred hides of land (see hide3).