Hundred

  • 31hundred — [OE] The main Old English word for ‘hundred’ was hund, whose history can be traced back via a prehistoric Germanic *khundam to Indo European *kmtóm; this was also the source of Latin centum, Greek hekatón, and Sanskrit çatám, all meaning… …

    Word origins

  • 32hundred — noun /ˈhʌn.dɹəd,ˈhʌn.dɹɪd,ˈhʌn.dɚd,ˈhʌn.dʒɚd/ a) A hundred dollar bill. He made a hundred in the historic match. b) An administrative subdivision in southern English counties and in other countries. Syn: Franklin, century …

    Wiktionary

  • 33hundred — hun•dred [[t]ˈhʌn drɪd[/t]] n. pl. dreds, (as after a numeral) dred, 1) a cardinal number, ten times ten 2) a symbol for this number, as 100 or C 3) a set of this many persons or things 4) cvb hundreds a) a number between 100 and 999, as in… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34hundred — Under the Saxon organization of England, each county or shire comprised of an indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten tithings, or groups of ten families of freeholders or frankpledges. The hundred was governed by a high… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 35hundred — Under the Saxon organization of England, each county or shire comprised of an indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten tithings, or groups of ten families of freeholders or frankpledges. The hundred was governed by a high… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 36hundred — See: BY THE DOZEN or BY THE HUNDRED or BY THE THOUSAND …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 37hundred — See: BY THE DOZEN or BY THE HUNDRED or BY THE THOUSAND …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 38hundred — Barony Bar o*ny, n.; pl. {Baronies}. [OF. baronie, F. baronnie, LL. baronia. See {Baron}.] 1. The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron. [1913 Webster] 2. In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39hundred — Synonyms and related words: C, Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick, bicentenary, bicentennial, bishopric, borough, canton, cental, centare, centenarian, centenary, centennial, centennium, centigram, centimeter, centipede …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 40hundred — See: by the dozen or by the hundred or by the thousand …

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