[hun.dred] n, pl hundreds or hundred [ME, fr. OE, fr. hund hundred + -red (akin to Goth rathjo account, number); akin to L centum hundred, Gk hekaton, OE tien ten--more at ten, reason] (bef. 12c) 1: ten times ten
2. hundreds pl a: the numbers 100 to 999 b: a great number "~s of times"
3: a 100-dollar bill
4: a subdivision of some English and American counties -- hundred adj -- hun.dred.fold adj or adv -- hun.dredth adj or n