- great hundred
Dictionary of units of measurement. 2015.
Dictionary of units of measurement. 2015.
great hundred — noun or Long Hundred: One hundred and twenty (120), 12 x 10; usually defined as six score to the hundred (hundred= 100, five score to the hundred). Is mainly found in Northern England, Scotland, for counting wood and cloth. Also common in… … Wiktionary
great hundred — noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve • Syn: ↑long hundred, ↑120 • Hypernyms: ↑large integer … Useful english dictionary
Hundred (word) — Today in English a hundred is always taken to be equal to 100. However, before the 18th century, it could mean other values, depending on the objects being counted. Sometimes the value of 100 was referred to as a small hundred the larger value… … Wikipedia
hundred — 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… … Dictionary of units of measurement
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