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Added 9 October 2026

hundred

/ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ noun

In Latin: centum Wiktionary

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NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for 00.

numeral

A numerical value equal to 100 (10), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.
hundreds of thousands of faces.
The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

noun

A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire A subdivision once used in parts of the United States and still in use in Delaware solely for the purpose of real estate descriptions.

Origin

From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, hundert, Danish hundred.

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