hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten
times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or
objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as
100 or C.
hundred (n.) A division of a country in England, supposed to have
originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
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hundred The cardinal number occurring after ninety-nine and before one hundred one, represented in Roman numerals as C and in Arabic numerals as 100.
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hundred hun′dred, n. the number of ten times ten:
a division of a county in England, orig. supposed to contain a hundred
families.—adjs.Hun′dredfold, folded a hundred times,
multiplied by a hundred; Hun′dredth,
coming last or forming one of a hundred.—n. one of a
hundred.—n.Hun′dredweight, a weight the twentieth part
of a ton, or 112 lb. avoirdupois; orig. a hundred lb., abbreviated
cwt. (c. standing for L. centum, wt. for
weight).—Hundred days, the period between Napoleon's return
from Elba and his final downfall after Waterloo (the reign lasted exactly
95 days, March 20-June 22, 1815); Hundred years' war, the struggle
between England and France, from 1337 down to 1453; Chiltern
Hundreds, a district of Bucks, whose stewardship is a nominal office
under the Crown, the temporary acceptance of which by a member of
parliament enables him technically to vacate his seat; Great, or
Long, hundred, six score; Not a hundred miles off,
an indirect phrase for 'here,' 'in this very place;' Old Hundred,
or Hundredth, a well-known long-metre setting of the hundredth
psalm, 'All people that on earth do dwell.' [A.S.
hundred—old form hund, a hundred, with the
superfluous addition of réd or rǽd (Eng.
rate), a reckoning.]
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100 (one hundred) (the Roman numeral is C for "centum") is the number after 99 and before 101. 100 is the square of 10 (formula_1)
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