five hundred

American

noun

Cards.

a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.

five hundred British

noun

a card game for three players, with 500 points for game

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Etymology

Origin of five hundred

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

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The number of Chinese people grew from five hundred million in the 1950s to one billion just thirty years later and roughly 1.4 billion people today.

From Literature

The hotel was upgraded, doubling the number of rooms to five hundred and creating grand new facades and a new main entrance.

From Literature

Among the Exosuit’s many advantages is that it can operate efficiently between two hundred and five hundred feet below the surface.

From Literature

“But I bought five hundred million dollars’ worth of credit default swaps from him.”

From Literature

The world’s first hydrogen bomb was five hundred times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.

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