Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Hundred
Hun′dred
(hŭn′drĕd)
, Noun.
[OE.
hundred
, AS. hundred
a territorial division; hund
hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-raþjan
to count, L. ratio
reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod
, hund
, D. hondred
, G. hundert
, OHG. also hunt
, Icel. hundrað
, Dan. hundrede
, Sw. hundra
, hundrade
, Goth. hund
, Lith. szimtas
, Russ. sto
, W. cant
, Ir. cead
, L. centum
, Gr. ἑκατός
, Skr. çata
. √309. Cf. Cent
, Century
, Hecatomb
, Quintal
, and Reason
.] 1.
The product of ten multiplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
With many
hundreds
treading on his heels. Shakespeare
☞ The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc., often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten hundreds are one thousand.
2.
A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Hundred court
, a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred.
[Eng.]
Blackstone.
Hun′dred
,Adj.
Ten times ten; five score;
as, a
. hundred
dollarsWebster 1828 Edition
Hundred
HUND'RED
,Adj.
HUND'RED
,Noun.
1.
A division or part of a county in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families,or a hundred warriors, or a hundred manors. [But as the word denotes primarily a circuit or division, it is not certin that Alfred's divisions had any reference to that number.]