hundred

num

1. A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.

   “hundreds of thousands of faces.”

   “a/one hundred”

   “A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.”

   “The numbers totaled in the hundreds.”

   “Many hundreds more people”

2. The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

   ““Okay. You head over to City Hall East. I'll meet you there. The briefing starts at eleven hundred, sharp.””

noun

1. A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
2. (historical)An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
3. (broadly, historical)Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
4. A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.

   “He made a hundred in the historic match.”