hundred

Meaning

Num

1. A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.
2. The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

Noun

1. A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
2. An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
3. Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
4. A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.

Hyphenated as

hun‧dred

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʌndɹəd/

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.

Sentences

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

As long as there is water in a cooking pot , the temperature cannot rise above a hundred degrees Celsius .