hundreds

Noun

hundred (plural hundreds)

1. A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).

   Synonyms:

   Franklin, yard, c-note

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
   1. (US, broadly, historical) A subdivision once used in parts of the United States and still in use in Delaware solely for the purpose of real estate descriptions.
4. A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.
   • He made a hundred in the historic match.

   Synonyms:

   century

5. (Norfolk, collective, historical) Six score of casts of crabs (a score is twenty; a cast is two), totaling two hundred and forty crabs.
   • Coordinate term: cast

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