Main Entry: hun·dred

Pronunciation: \ˈhən-drəd, -dərd\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural hundreds or hundred

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + -red (akin to Gothic rathjo account, number); akin to Latin centum hundred, Greek hekaton, Old English tien ten — more at ten, reason

Date: before 12th century

1 — see number table
2 hundreds plural a : the numbers 100 to 999 b : a great number <hundreds of times>
3 : a 100-dollar bill
4 : a subdivision of some English and American counties

— hundred adjective

— hun·dred·fold \-ˌfōld\ adjective or adverb

— hun·dredth \-drədth, -drətth\ adjective or noun