Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hundred

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 specified century (the seventeen hundreds). 6 Brit. hist. a subdivision of a county or shire, having its own court. --adj. 1 that amount to a hundred. 2 used to express whole hours in the 24-hour system (thirteen hundred hours). Phrases and idioms a (or one) hundred per cent adv. entirely, completely. --adj. 1 entire, complete. 2 (usu. with neg.) fully recovered. hundreds and thousands tiny coloured sweets used chiefly for decorating cakes etc. Derivatives hundredfold adj. & adv. hundredth adj. & n. Etymology: OE f. Gmc