HUNDRED
adjective. & none. (plural. Hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. By a or one) 1 ten times ten. 2 symbol for this (100, c, c). 3 (in sing. Or plural.) Colloq. A large number. 4 (in plural.) The years of a specified century (the seventeen hundreds). 5 hist. Subdivision of a county or shire, having its own court. ? hundredfold adjective. & adverb. Hundredth adjective. & none. [old english]