seventy-five

[sev-uhn-tee-fahyv]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.

2. a symbol for this number, as 75 or LXXV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. Military.

   1. a gun with a 75-millimeter caliber.

   2. the field gun of that caliber used in the French and U.S. armies in World War I.

adjective

1. amounting to 75 in number.

Example Sentences

When he lifted the lid, he expected to find a half-decent, unpopular design that had been marked seventy-five percent off.

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The men say that if Commander Gorringe successfully brings the obelisk to New York & stands it up there, he will be paid seventy-five thousand dollars!

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A trade magazine published the top seventy-five hedge funds of 2007, and Scion was nowhere on it—even though its returns put it at or near the very top.

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Seven hundred and seventy-five Department of Homeland Security agents from U.S.

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One hundred seventy-five cookie jars that belonged to Andy Warhol.

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