Chiltern Hundreds :: Chiltern Hundreds () A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats..

Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..

Hundred :: Hundred (n.) A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen..

Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..

Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.

Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs..

Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes, a bailiff of a hundred..

Hundredfold :: Hundredfold (n.) A hundred times as much or as many.

Hundredth :: Hundredth (a.) Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.

Hundredth :: Hundredth (a.) Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything is divided; the tenth of a tenth.

Hundredth :: Hundredth (n.) One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred..

Hundredweight :: Hundredweight (n.) A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton..

Thundrous :: Thundrous (a.) Thunderous; sonorous.

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