Hundred
21hundred — I hund|red 1. hund|red (el. hundrede) sb. (itk.), er el. hundred, erne; mange hundred; flere hundred; hundreder af mennesker II hund|red 2. hund|red (el. hundrede) talord; over hundred; hundred gange; to hundred og niogtyve …
22hundred — 1. a unit of quantity. In commercial use in old England the term hundred , or cent (C), did not always mean an even 100; sometimes it meant 120 (the great hundred ) or some other number, depending on the item. For fish, the exact number in a… …
23hundred — n ( es/ ) hundred (number); hundred (political district), hundred court, assembly of the men of a hundred; hundredes ealdor/man head of the hundred court, centurion …
24hundred — cardinal number (plural hundreds or (with numeral or quantifying word) hundred) 1》 (a/one hundred) the number equivalent to the product of ten and ten; ten more than ninety; 100. (Roman numeral: c or C.) 2》 (hundreds) informal an unspecified… …
25hundred — n. & adj. n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one) 1 the product of ten and ten. 2 a symbol for this (100, c, C). 3 a set of a hundred things. 4 (in sing. or pl.) colloq. a large number. 5 (in pl.) the years of a… …
26hundred — noun (plural hundreds or hundred) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from hund hundred + red (akin to Gothic rathjo account, number); akin to Latin centum hundred, Greek hekaton, Old English tien ten more at ten, reason Date: before… …
27hundred — a measure of quantity; for fish the exact number in a hundred varied with the species. A hundred herring was 128 fish and a hundred mackerel was 132 fish. A long hundred was 120 fish. See also warp and tally …
28Hundred — Anglo Saxon institution. Subdivision of a Shire. Theoretically, but hardly ever, equalled one hundred hides. Generally has its own court which met monthly to handle civil and criminal law. Equivalent to the ancient Norse Wapentake. There was a… …
29hundred — [OE] The main Old English word for ‘hundred’ was hund, whose history can be traced back via a prehistoric Germanic *khundam to Indo European *kmtóm; this was also the source of Latin centum, Greek hekatón, and Sanskrit çatám, all meaning… …
30hundred — n 1. centum, Welsh. centef, 100, C; century, centennial, centenary, centennium. 2.U.S. Informal. one hundred dollars, hundred dollar bill, Sl. C note, Sl. C, Sl. one bill, Sl. century. 3.Brit. Informal. one hundred pounds …
