HUNDREDFOLD

hundredfold, a hundred times

(adverb) by a factor of one hundred; “they money increased a hundredfold”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hundredfold (not comparable)

Multiplied by a hundred.

Adverb

hundredfold (not comparable)

By a factor of one hundred.

Verb

hundredfold (third-person singular simple present hundredfolds, present participle hundredfolding, simple past and past participle hundredfolded)

To increase to hundred times as much; to multiply by hundred.

Source: Wiktionary


Hun"dred*fold`, n.

Definition: A hundred times as much or as many. He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time. Mark x. 30.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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