Inflected forms: pl. hundred or hun·dreds 1. The cardinal number equal to 10 × 10 or 102. 2. The number in the third position left of the decimal point in an Arabic numeral. 3. A one-hundred-dollar bill. 4.hundreds The numbers between 100 and 999: an attendance figure estimated in the hundreds.5. An administrative division of some counties in England and the United States.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English. See dek in Appendix I.