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(hun′drəd; often, -dərd)

noun

the cardinal number next above ninety-nine; ten times ten; 100; C
a former division of an English county: orig., probably, 100 hides of land
a similar division in the early U.S., now only in Delaware

Origin: ME < OE, akin to OS hunderod, ON hundrath < PGmc base *hund-, 100 (< IE base *kṃto- > Gr hekaton, L centum: see cent, satem) + *rath-, to count (> Goth -rathjan) < IE base *rē-: see reason

adjective

ten times ten

See hundred in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. hundred or hun·dreds

The cardinal number equal to 10 × 10 or 10².
The number in the third position left of the decimal point in an Arabic numeral.
A one-hundred-dollar bill.
hundreds The numbers between 100 and 999: an attendance figure estimated in the hundreds.
An administrative division of some counties in England and the United States.

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots

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