hundred

noun

hun·​dred ˈhən-drəd How to pronounce hundred (audio)
-dərd
plural hundreds or hundred
1
: a number equal to 10 times 10 see Table of Numbers
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
hundredfold adjective or adverb
hundredth
ˈhən-drədth How to pronounce hundred (audio)
-drətth
adjective or noun

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Congressman Tim Moore actively traded around Liberation Day Moore, a Republican, then failed to properly disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in purchases and sales as markets dropped and then popped following the president’s April 2 tariff announcement. Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 June 2025 Hopes for a new $600-per-child state income tax credit aimed at hundreds of thousands of households eventually became a flat $250 payment — and only to families making about $67,000 per year or less. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025 The hospital was already past capacity, with hundreds of patients being treated inside and around 50 people, including children, in its intensive care unit from other incidents of troops firing onto crowds of people trying to reach food aid in recent days and weeks. Aya Batrawy, NPR, 17 June 2025 SpaceX dumps hundreds of thousands of gallons of water used in launches into the neighboring south bay, and has destroyed nests of vulnerable shorebirds. Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hundred

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + -red (akin to Goth rathjo account, number); akin to Latin centum hundred, Greek hekaton, Old English tien ten — more at ten, reason entry 1

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hundred was before the 12th century

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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundred. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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hundred

noun
hun·​dred ˈhən-drəd How to pronounce hundred (audio)
-dərd
plural hundreds or hundred
1
: a number equal to 10 times 10 see number
2
: a very large number
hundreds of times
3
: a 100-dollar bill
gave me change for a hundred
hundred adjective

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