Etymology From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.
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A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.
hundreds of thousands of faces.
a/one hundred
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A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.
The numbers totaled in the hundreds.
Many hundreds more people
A few hundred migrants who have been waiting in Reynosa, Mexico, for the end of the US pandemic public health order, known as Title 42, were allowed to seek asylum this week, sources on the ground told CNN.2022 April 21, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Amir Vera, “CBP allows a few hundred vulnerable migrants to seek asylum this week as thousands wait in Mexico for Title 42 to end, sources say”, in CNN:
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The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.
“Okay. You head over to City Hall East. I'll meet you there. The briefing starts at eleven hundred, sharp.”2002, Michael Prescott, Next Victim, Signet, page 185:
Etymology From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.
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A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
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Historical An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
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Broadly, Historical Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire