1. (in Roman numerals, C written with a macron over it) denoting a quantity consisting of 100,000 items or units
   "The petition gathered a hundred thousand signatures"

1. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten
   "The population of the small city was about a hundred thousand";
   - 100000, lakh [Asia]

Derived forms: hundred thousands

See also: cardinal

Type of: large integer

Encyclopedia: Hundred thousand