n.
Pronunciation: ' h ə n-dr ə d, -d ə rd
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hundreds or hundred
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + -red (akin to Gothic rathjo account, number); akin to Latin centum hundred, Greek he katon, Old English tien ten ― more at TEN , REASON
Date: before 12th century
1 ― see NUMBER table
2 hundreds plural a : the numbers 100 to 999 b : a great number < hundred s of times>
3 : a 100-dollar bill
4 : a subdivision of some English and American counties
– hundred adjective
– hun · dred · fold \ - ˌ f ō ld \ adjective or adverb
– hun · dredth \ -dr ə dth, -dr ə tth \ adjective or noun