HUNDRED


Meaning of HUNDRED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhən-drəd, -dərd ]

noun

( 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 -ˌfōld adjective or adverb

• hun·dredth -drədth, -drətth adjective or noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.