Hundred /(hŭn"drĕd)/
Hun·dred
Hundred
n.
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The product of ten multiplied 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.
- A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Phrases & Compounds
- Hundred court
- a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred.
Hundred
a.
- Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.