hundred /hunˈdrəd/

1. Ten times ten
2. A hundred pounds, dollars, etc
3. (in pl) an unspecified large number
4. A division of a county in England orig supposed to contain a hundred families (chiefly historical)

1. Being a hundred in number
2. Hundredth (obsolete or dialect)
3. Also used indefinitely, very many (informal)

hunˈdreder or hunˈdredor noun (historical)

The bailiff or an inhabitant of a hundred

hunˈdredfold adjective, adverb and noun

1. Folded a hundred times
2. In a hundred divisions
3. A hundred times as much

hunˈdredth adjective

1. Last of a hundred
2. Next after the ninety-ninth
3. Equal to one of a hundred equal parts

1. One of a hundred equal parts
2. A person or thing in hundredth position

hunˈdred-per-centˈ adjective

1. Out-and-out
2. Thorough-going (not a hundred per cent not in perfect health)

hunˈdred-percentˈer noun (US)

An uncompromising patriot

hunˈdreds-and-thouˈsands plural noun

Little sweets used as decoration

hunˈdredweight noun

1. 1/20 of a ton, or 112lb avoirdupois (50.80kg; also called long hundredweight)
2. Orig and still in US, 100lb (45.3kg; also called short hundredweight)
3. 50kg (also called metric hundredweight; abbrev cwt)

Chiltern Hundreds

A district of Buckinghamshire, whose stewardship is a nominal office under the Crown, the temporary acceptance of which by a member of parliament enables him or her to vacate his or her seat

great or long hundred

1. Usually 120
2. Sometimes some other number greater than ten tens (eg of herrings, 132 or 126)

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